Biochemical and histological analysis of the flexor tenosynovium in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome

Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation

Volumn 33, Issue , 1997, Pages 246-251

  Tucci, Michelle A ^a   Barbieri, Rocco A ^a   Freeland, Alan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Ischemia; Nerve compression; Reperfusion injury

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CYCLIC AMP; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ADULT; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE ENDING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNOVIUM; TISSUE HOMOGENATE;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DINOPROSTONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; TENDONS;

EID: 0031419217     PISSN: 00678856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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