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Partial Neuritis of a Bifid Median Nerve

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  1. Institut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Oberdürrbacher Straße 6, 97080, Würzburg, Germany

    Jonas Knarr

  2. Klinik für Radiologie, RHÖN-KLINIKUM Campus Bad Neustadt, Von-Guttenberg-Straße 11, 97616, Bad Neustadt a. d. Saale, Germany

    Rainer Schmitt

  3. Klinik für Handchirurgie, RHÖN-KLINIKUM Campus Bad Neustadt, Von-Guttenberg-Straße 11, 97616, Bad Neustadt a. d. Saale, Germany

    Marion Mühldorfer-Fodor

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Knarr, J., Schmitt, R. & Mühldorfer-Fodor, M. Partial Neuritis of a Bifid Median Nerve. Clin Neuroradiol 31, 1205–1208 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-021-01022-4

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