Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Induced by Two Types of Calcium Deposition

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 333-337

  Ikawa, Harutomo ^a   Hashizume, Hiroyuki ^a   Inoue, Hajime ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcium deposition disease; Carpal tunnel syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE; ALPHA-TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE MONOBASIC; CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE; DICALCIUM PHOSPHATE ANHYDROUS; TETRACALCIUM PHOSPHATE;

AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; TENDINITIS;

AGED; ARTHRALGIA; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 0031309638     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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