Median mixed and sensory nerve conduction studies in carpal tunnel syndrome

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 268-273

  Scelsa, Stephen N ^a   Herskovitz, Steven ^a   Bieri, Phyllis ^a   Berger, Alan R ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Electrodiagnostic; Entrapment neuropathy; Median nerve; Nerve conduction studies; Sensory nerve conductions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031779431     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(98)00018-6     Document Type: Article

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