Silent period abnormalities in carpal tunnel syndrome

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1213-1215

  Aurora, Sheena K ^a   Ahmad, B K ^a   Aurora, Taruna K ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Cutaneous silent period

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION;

ADULT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FINGERS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 2642680022     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199809)21:9<1213::AID-MUS16>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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