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Axonal Pathways to Innervation Regions of the Upper Limbs

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The communicating branches of the spinal nerve roots influence the innervation area covered by the brachial plexus so can give the confusing clinical picture, if damaged.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Viktor Matejčík, Andrej Šteňo & Juraj Šteňo

  2. Institute of Anatomy, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Zora Haviarová

  3. The Health Surveillance Authority, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Roman Kuruc

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Matejčík, V., Haviarová, Z., Kuruc, R., Šteňo, A., Šteňo, J. (2019). Axonal Pathways to Innervation Regions of the Upper Limbs. In: Intraspinal Variations of Nerve Roots. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01686-9_15

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