Restricted accessCase reportFirst published online 2012-6
Transfer of Triceps Motor Branches of the Radial Nerve to the Axillary Nerve with or without other Nerve Transfers Provides Antigravity Shoulder Abduction in Pediatric Brachial Plexus Injury
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