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Neuralgic Amyotrophy: Parsonage Turner Syndrome

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This chapter discusses Neuralgic amyotrophy (Parsonage Turner syndrome), its clinical presentation, causes, investigation and management.

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Panayiotou Charalambous, C. (2019). Neuralgic Amyotrophy: Parsonage Turner Syndrome. In: The Shoulder Made Easy . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98908-2_42

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