Bilateral Brachial Plexopathy Following an Attempted Hanging: A Case Report |
Yoon, Byung-Nam
(Department of Neurology, Inha University Hospital)
Choi, Seong-Hye (Department of Neurology, Inha University Hospital) Rha, Joung-Ho (Department of Neurology, Inha University Hospital) Sung, Jung-Joon (Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital) Ma, Eun-Ju (Department of Neurology, Seoul Seo-Buk Metropolitan Hospital) Lee, Kwang-Woo (Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital) |
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