Surgical treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome in patients with peripheral neuropathy

Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1159-1163

  Morgenlander, Joel C ^a   Lynch, John R ^a   Sanders, Donald B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE CONDUCTION; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030697471     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.49.4.1159     Document Type: Article

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