Prognostic value of thumb pain sensation in birth brachial plexopathy

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prognostic value of absent thumb pain sensation in newborns and young infants with birth brachial plexopathy. METHODS: We evaluated 131 patients with birth brachial plexopathy with less than two months of age. Pain sensation was evoked by thumb nail bed compression to eval...

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Main Authors: Carlos O. Heise, Roberto S. Martins, Luciano H. Foroni, Mário G. Siqueira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2012-08-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2012000800006&lng=en&tlng=en
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