Hand ischemia in active patients: Detecting and treating hypothenar hammer syndrome

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages

  Rowan, Linda J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NIFEDIPINE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; GANGLION BLOCK; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISCHEMIA; MALE; SPORT INJURY; SUBLINGUAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SYMPATHECTOMY; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 2642711708     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.1998.01.973     Document Type: Article

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