One patient, two carpal tunnels: Statistical and clinical analysis - By hand or by patient?

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 241-243

  Padua, Luca ^a,b   Pasqualetti, Patrizio ^b   Rosenbaum, Richard ^c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^c IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HAND; HUMAN; NERVE CONDUCTION; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; NEURAL CONDUCTION;

EID: 12344325627     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2004.08.006     Document Type: Editorial

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