Prevalence of carpal tunnel syndrome among individuals with Down syndrome

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 547-551

  Christensen, Jens Erik Just ^a,b   Peter, Peter Johannsen ^a   Nielsen, Viggo Kamp ^a   Mai, Jesper ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PREVALENCE; ULNAR NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DENMARK; DOWN SYNDROME; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0031955310     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0895-8017(1998)102<0547:POCTSA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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