Absence of the palmaris longus tendon in Indian population
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Absence of the palmaris longus muscle: a population study.
We examined 300 Caucasian subjects (150 males, 150 females) aged 18-40 years to assess the incidence of palmaris longus absence. The presence or absence of palmaris longus was assessed by clinical inspection. Forty-nine subjects had unilateral absence of palmaris longus (16%). The tendon was absent bilaterally in 26 subjects (9%). Unilateral and bilateral absence was more common in males, howev...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Orthopaedics
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0019-5413
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.61863