Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Are the MR Findings a Result of Population Selection Bias?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1649-1653

  Radack, Daniel M ^a   Schweitzer, Mark E ^a   Taras, John ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELECTION BIAS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031303007     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.169.6.9393185     Document Type: Article

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