Detection of peripheral nerve pathology: Comparison of ultrasound and MRI

Neurology

Volumn 80, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 1634-1640

  Zaidman, Craig M ^a   Seelig, Michael J ^a   Baker, Jonathan C ^b   Mackinnon, Susan E ^c   Pestronk, Alan ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXOPATHY; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONEUROPATHY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879091868     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182904f3f     Document Type: Article

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