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Shoulder Paraesthesia

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This chapter discusses the principles in diagnosing, investigating and managing paraesthesia involving the shoulder and upper limb.

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Panayiotou Charalambous, C. (2019). Shoulder Paraesthesia. In: The Shoulder Made Easy . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98908-2_15

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