Noninvasive laser neurolysis in carpal tunnel syndrome

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1029-1031

  Weintraub, Michael I ^a  

^a Phelps Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Laser; Median nerve compression; Photobioactivation

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE SURGERY; NEUROLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030802307     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199708)20:8<1029::AID-MUS14>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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