Carpal tunnel syndrome: Diagnostic usefulness of sonography

Radiology

Volumn 232, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 93-99

  Wong, Shiu Man ^a   Griffith, James F ^a   Hui, Andrew C F ^a   Lo, Sing Kai ^b   Fu, Michael ^a   Wong, Ka Sing ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nerves, diseases; Wrist, abnormalities; Wrist, injuries; Wrist, US

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARPAL BONES; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TENDONS; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 2942700085     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2321030071     Document Type: Article

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