Medical history of carpal tunnel syndrome

Hand Clinics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 257-268

  Michelsen, Heidi ^a   Posner, Martin A ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING DISORDER; BLOOD FLOW; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FATIGUE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; THENAR; THROMBOSIS; WRIST INJURY;

EID: 0036586650     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-0712(01)00006-3     Document Type: Review

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