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The Lesser Palatine Nerve Innervates the Levator Veli Palatini Muscle

When the lesser palatine nerve (LPN) is supposed to be a branch of the trigeminal nerve and innervate sensation of the soft palate, whether the LPN contains motor fibers is unclear. In this study, we monitored the electromyogram of the levator veli palatini (LVP) muscle on stimulating the LPN during...

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Autores principales: Kishimoto, Hideaki, Matsuura, Yoshitaka, Kawai, Katsuya, Yamada, Shigehito, Suzuki, Shigehiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5055020/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27757354
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000001044