The relationship of vitamin B6 status to median nerve function and carpal tunnel syndrome among active industrial workers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 485-491

  Franzblau, Alfred ^a   Rock, Cheryl L ^a   Werner, Robert A ^b,c   Albers, James W ^a,c   Kelly, Matthew P ^a   Johnston, Elizabeth C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYRIDOXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PYRIDOXINE DEFICIENCY; SENSORY NERVE; ULNAR NERVE; BLOOD; CAR; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILES; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PYRIDOXINE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0029666098     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199605000-00009     Document Type: Article

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