Reference values for ultrasonograpy of peripheral nerves

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 538-544

  Qrimli, Mohammad ^a,d   Ebadi, Hamid ^b   Breiner, Ari ^a   Siddiqui, Hafsah ^a   Alabdali, Majed ^a,e   Abraham, Alon ^a   Lovblom, Leif E ^c   Perkins, Bruce A ^c   Bril, Vera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d KING FAHAD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^e IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cross sectional area; Neuropathy; Peripheral nerve; Reference values; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOREARM; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPERFICIAL FIBULAR NERVE; SURAL NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; WRIST; ADOLESCENT; INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CONDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961230982     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.24888     Document Type: Article

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