Diagnostic biopsy of the pronator teres and a motor branch of the median nerve: Indications and technique

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2570-2575

  Dy, Christopher J ^a   Lange, Dale J ^a   Jones, Kristofer J ^a   Garg, Rohit ^a   Dicarlo, Edward F ^a   Wolfe, Scott W ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Muscle biopsy; nerve biopsy; neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARM MUSCLE; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYNEUROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND SURGERY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCLUSION BODY MYOSITIS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MYOSITIS; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROLOGIST; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONATOR TERES MUSCLE; RADIOGRAPHY; SEROLOGY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BIOPSY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDIAN NEUROPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 84869423620     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2012.09.014     Document Type: Article

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