US demonstration of a thrombosed persistent median artery in carpal tunnel syndrome

Journal Belge de Radiologie

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-3

  Fumiere E ^a   Dugardeyn, C ^a   Roquet, M E ^a   Delcour, C ^a  

^a Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Charleroi   (Belgium)

Author keywords

US; Wrist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE COMPRESSION; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TENOSYNOVITIS; WRIST DISEASE;

ADULT; ARTERIES; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; THROMBOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; WRIST;

EID: 0036952931     PISSN: 00217646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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