Familial carpal tunnel syndrome: Further evidence for a genetic contribution [1]

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-182

  Elstner, Matthias ^a   Bettecken, Thomas ^b   Wasner, Maria ^a   Anneser, Franziska ^a   Dichgans, Martin ^a   Meitinger, Thomas ^b   Gasser, Thomas ^c   Klopstock, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM AMPUTATION; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LETTER; MALE; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 33644853695     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2006.00555.x     Document Type: Letter

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