Reference values for nerve ultrasonography in the upper extremity

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 864-871

  Won, Sun Jae ^a   Kim, Byung Jo ^b   Park, Kyung Seok ^c   Yoon, Joon Shik ^b   Choi, Hyuk ^b  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Median nerve; Musculocutaneous nerve; Radial nerve; Ulnar nerve; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE; NERVE CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878370036     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23691     Document Type: Article

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