Acute bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome associated with human parvovirus B19 infection

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 162-164

  Samii, Kaveh ^b   Cassinotti, Pascal ^b   De Freudenreich, Jean ^b   Gallopin, Yves ^b   Le Fort, Dominique ^b   Stalder, Hans ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYALGIA; PARESTHESIA; PARVOVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030034677     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.1.162     Document Type: Article

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