Brachial neuritis with phrenic nerve involvement

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1301-1302

  Barraclough, Allison ^a,c   Triplett, James ^a,c   Tuch, Philip ^a,b  

^a HOLLYWOOD PRIVATE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brachial neuritis; Neuralgic amyotrophy; Parsonage Turner syndrome; Phrenic nerve

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARM PAIN; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DYSPNEA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; HUMAN; HYPOVENTILATION; JOINT STIFFNESS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE PARALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGENATION; PARESTHESIA; PHRENIC NERVE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEURITIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DYSPNEA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHRENIC NERVE; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SPINE;

EID: 84864977813     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.12.009     Document Type: Article

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