Why wait 3 months before doing electromyography in obstetric brachial plexus lesions? Challenging the norm

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 682-

  Pitt, Matthew ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIRTH INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; NERVE GRAFT; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARALYSIS, OBSTETRIC;

EID: 84863780714     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2012.04326.x     Document Type: Note

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