Body mass index and carpal tunnel syndrome

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 58, Issue 2 A, 2000, Pages 252-256

  Kouyoumdjian, Joao Aris ^a,b   Penha Ananias Morita, Maria D A ^a   Rocha, Paulo Ricardo Fernando ^a   Miranda, Rafael Carlos ^a   Gouveia, Gustavo Maciel ^a  

^a Medicine School   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Compressive neuropathy; Median nerve; Nerve conduction studies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CONDUCTION; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; OBESITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0042223799     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2000000200008     Document Type: Article

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