Men are more susceptible than women to direct pressure on unmyelinated ulnar nerve fibers

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1183-1188

  Morell, Robert C ^a   Prielipp, Richard C ^a   Harwood, Timothy N ^a   James, Robert L ^a   Butterworth, John F ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0141681083     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000078822.97549.F7     Document Type: Article

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