COX-2 up-regulation in idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1807-1814

  Talmor, Mia ^a,b,c   Patel, Munjal P ^a,b   Spann, Marvin D ^a,b   Barden, Catherine ^a,b   Specht, Michelle ^a,b   McLean, Amy ^a,b   Harper, Alice ^a,b   Hoffman, Lloyd A ^a,b   Nolan, William B ^a,b  

^a Cornell University ^*

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; MESSENGER RNA; ISOENZYME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEROXIDASE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PTGS2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME REGULATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHY; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNOVIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; AGED; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PEROXIDASES; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0642364402     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000092065.60454.BE     Document Type: Article

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