Ultrasonography of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow: Axonal involvement leads to greater nerve swelling than demyelinating nerve lesion

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 619-625

  Scheidl, Erika ^a   Böhm, Josef ^b   Farbaky, Zsófia ^c   Simó, Magdolna ^a   Bereczki, Dániel ^a   Arányi, Zsuzsanna ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b Freiberg County Hospital   (Germany)

^c Budai Irgalmasrendi Hospital   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Axonal lesion; Demyelinating lesion; High resolution ultrasonography; Ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DEMYELINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW; FEMALE; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; NERVE LESION; NERVE SWELLING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; AXONS; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; EDEMA; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; ULNAR NERVE; ULNAR NEUROPATHIES;

EID: 84873252470     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.08.027     Document Type: Article

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