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Drop finger caused by 8th cervical nerve root impairment: a report of six cases

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-Ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan

    Masao Koda

  2. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chiba Aoba Municipal Hospital, Chiba, Japan

    Masao Koda, Tomoyuki Rokkaku & Masazumi Murakami

  3. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

    Masashi Yamazaki

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Koda, M., Rokkaku, T., Murakami, M. et al. Drop finger caused by 8th cervical nerve root impairment: a report of six cases. Acta Neurochir 155, 941–942 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-013-1684-2

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