Carpal tunnel syndrome: A review

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 596-603

  Cantatore, Francesco Paolo ^a,b   Dell'accio, Francesco ^a   Lapadula, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPLINTING; SYNOVECTOMY;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0031401003     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02247800     Document Type: Review

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