Acta Med. 2016, 59: 26-28

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2016.52

Five Roots Pattern of Median Nerve Formation

Konstantinos Natsis, George Paraskevas, Maria Tzika

Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Received December 2, 2015
Accepted January 28, 2016

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