Ultrasonography of peripheral nerves topical collection on nerve and muscle

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Suk, Jung Im ^a   Walker, Francis O ^b   Cartwright, Michael S ^b  

^a Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Peripheral nerve; Traumatic neuropathies; Ulnar neuropathies; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW DISEASE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROANATOMY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; RADIAL NERVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIBIAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE; VASCULARIZATION; REVIEW;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; HUMANS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; ULNAR NEUROPATHIES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873094722     PISSN: 15284042     EISSN: 15346293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-012-0328-x     Document Type: Article

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