Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 215, Issue 1 , Pages 111-113 , 15 November 2003

Posterior interosseous nerve syndrome with hourglass-like fascicular constriction of the nerve

  • Fujio Umehara

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81-99-275-5332; fax: +81-99-265-7164.
    • The Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University School of Medicine, Sakuragaoka 8-35-1, Kagoshima 890, Japan
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  • Shinji Yoshino

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    • The Department of Orthopedics, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
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  • Yumiko Arimura

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    • The Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University School of Medicine, Sakuragaoka 8-35-1, Kagoshima 890, Japan
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  • Tadahiro Fukuoka

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    • The Department of Internal Medicine, Izumi City Hospital, Izumi, Japan
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  • Kimiyoshi Arimura

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    • The Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University School of Medicine, Sakuragaoka 8-35-1, Kagoshima 890, Japan
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  • Mitsuhiro Osame

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    • The Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University School of Medicine, Sakuragaoka 8-35-1, Kagoshima 890, Japan

Received 24 February 2003 ,Revised 8 April 2003 ,Accepted 15 May 2003.

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PII: S0022-510X(03)00164-3

doi: 10.1016/S0022-510X(03)00164-3

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 215, Issue 1 , Pages 111-113 , 15 November 2003

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