Acute carpal tunnel syndrome due to filarial infection

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 65-67

  Gallagher, Barry ^a   Khalifa, Mahmoud ^b   Van Heerden, Pieter ^a   Elbardisy, Nozahy ^a  

^a James Paton Memorial Hospital   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute carpal tunnel syndrome; Brugia; Filaria

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFILARIAL AGENT; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUGIA; CANADA; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG MECHANISM; FILARIASIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEURALGIA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PROSTATITIS; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNOVIUM;

EID: 0036175808     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0344-0338-00187     Document Type: Article

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