Incidence of neuralgic amyotrophy (parsonage turner syndrome) in a primary care setting - A prospective cohort study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Van Alfen, Nens ^a   Van Eijk, Jeroen J J ^b   Ennik, Tessa ^c   Flynn, Sean O ^d   Nobacht, Inge E G ^e   Groothuis, Jan T ^a   Pillen, Sigrid ^f   Van De Laar, Floris A ^g  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^e Primary Health Centre Oosterhout   (Netherlands)

^f CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^g RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NECK; PHENOTYPE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER; ADOLESCENT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEURITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEURITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84956796520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128361     Document Type: Article

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