The median nerve terminal latency index in carpal tunnel syndrome: A clinical case selection study

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 573-577

  Simovic, Drasko ^a   Weinberg, David H ^a  

^a ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Terminal latency index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE COMPRESSION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032961370     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199905)22:5<573::AID-MUS4>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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