Needle electromyography at 1month predicts paralysis of elbow flexion at 3months in obstetric brachial plexus lesions

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 753-758

  Van Dijk, J Gert ^a   Pondaag, Willem ^a   Buitenhuis, Sonja M ^a   Van Zwet, Erik W ^a   Malessy, Martijn J A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELTOID MUSCLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; NEEDLE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; PARALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIRTH INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; ELBOW; HOSPITALIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEEDLES; PARALYSIS, OBSTETRIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84863779961     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2012.04310.x     Document Type: Article

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