Pediatric radial mononeuropathies: A clinical and electromyographic study of sixteen children with review of the literature

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 876-883

  Escolar, Diana M ^a   Royden Jones Jr , H ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Lahey Hitchock Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

electromyography; nerve conduction studies; pediatric ulnar mononeuropathies; wristdrop

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMYELINATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONONEUROPATHY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE INJURY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE; WRIST DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; RADIAL NERVE; WRIST;

EID: 8944228924     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199607)19:7<876::AID-MUS10>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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