A Bayesian argument against rigid cut-offs in electrodiagnosis of median neuropathy at the wrist

Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 458-464

  Nodera, H ^a   Herrmann, D N ^a   Holloway, R G ^a   Logigian, Eric L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND PALM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPATHY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WRIST DISEASE;

EID: 0037431995     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.60.3.458     Document Type: Article

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