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What is the definition or description of: peroneal muscular atrophy?
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Nerve disorders: it's when there is a deficit in the function of the peroneal nerve that innervates particular muscle groups, and those group become smaller, or atrophic, because of decreased muscle innervation
Answered 11/8/2016
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