The prevalence and anatomical characteristics of the accessory head of the flexor pollicis longusmuscle: A meta-analysis

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Volumn 2015, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Roy, Joyeeta ^a,b   Henry, Brandon M ^a,b   Pekala, Przemysław A ^a,b   Vikse, Jens ^a,b   Ramakrishnan, Piravin Kumar ^a,b   Walocha, Jerzy A ^a,b   Tomaszewski, Krzysztof A ^a,b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b International Evidence Based Anatomy Working Group   (Poland)

Author keywords

Accessory head; Anatomy; Flexor pollicis longus; Gantzer's muscle; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY HEAD OF FLEXOR POLLICIS LONGUS MUSCLE; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FLEXOR CARPI RADIALIS; FLEXOR DIGITORUM PROFUNDUS; FLEXOR POLLICIS LONGUS; HUMAN; HUMERUS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ULNA;

EID: 84945182681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1255     Document Type: Article

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