Book chapter
Diseases of the peripheral nerve
Hankey's clinical neurology, pp.787-853
Taylor & Francis, Second edition
01/01/2014
Abstract
Definition and epidemiology A disorder of any or all of the peripheral nerves, with pathology occurring at the level of the nerve cell bodies, the axons, or the myelin sheaths.
Anatomy A peripheral nerve consists of a cell body and about six fascicles, each of which contains many myelinated and unmyelinated axons. Each fascicle has small nutrient blood vessels which are integral to its function (725).
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Diseases of the peripheral nerve
- Creators
- Andrea Swenson - Univ Iowa Hosp & Clin, Dept Neurol, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA
- Contributors
- P B Gorelick (Editor)F D Testai (Editor)G J Hankey (Editor)J M Wardlaw (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Hankey's clinical neurology, pp.787-853
- Edition
- Second edition
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis; BOCA RATON
- Number of pages
- 67
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2014
- Academic Unit
- Neurology
- Record Identifier
- 9984303558102771
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