Prevalence of clinically proven carpal tunnel syndrome 4 per cent;Prevalensen för kliniskt säkerställt karpaltunnelsyndrom 4 procent

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Volumn 97, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 1668-1670

  Atroshi, Isam ^a,e   Gummesson, Christina ^b   Johnsson, Ragnar ^c   Ornstein, Ewald ^a   Ranstam, Jonas ^d   Rosén, Ingmar ^c  

^a Kristianstads sjukhus   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL BONE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; CARPAL BONES; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0034607206     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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