Carpal tunnel syndrome: Staging of median nerve compression by MR imaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1119-1125

  Kleindienst, Andrea ^a   Hamm, Bernd ^a   Lanksch, Wolfgang R ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Entrapment neuropathy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Median nerve; Peripheral nerve lesion

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; WRIST;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031759859     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880080518     Document Type: Article

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