Morphological and functional asymmetry of the human recurrent laryngeal nerve

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 903-908

  Prades, J M ^a,b   Dubois, M D ^b   Dumollard, J M ^b   Tordella, L ^b   Rigail, J ^a   Timoshenko, A P ^a,b   M Peoc'h, ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Latency humans; Morphometry; Recurrent laryngeal nerve; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LATENT PERIOD; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; THYROID SURGERY; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE;

EID: 84872288061     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: 12798517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-012-0999-7     Document Type: Article

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