Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 182-186 , April 1996

Neurohistology of the subacromial space

  • Todd B. Soifer, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Anatomy Laboratory, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York U.S.A.
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  • Howard J. Levy, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Howard J. Levy, M.D., Beth Israel Orthopaedic Associates, 10 Union Square East, New York, NY 10003, U.S.A.
    • Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York U.S.A.
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  • Felice Miller Soifer, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Anatomy Laboratory, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York U.S.A.
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  • Fredric Kleinbart, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Anatomy Laboratory, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York U.S.A.
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  • Vincent Vigorita, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Anatomy Laboratory, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York U.S.A.
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  • Eli Bryk, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Anatomy Laboratory, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York U.S.A.

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☆ Presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 61st Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, February, 1994, and the Arthroscopy Association of North America 13th Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, April 1994.

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Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 182-186 , April 1996

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