Electrodiagnostic criteria for carpal tunnel syndrome in axonal polyneuropathy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 747-752

  Ubogu, Eroboghene E ^a   Benatar, Michael ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal polyneuropathy; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Likelihood ratio; Median ulnar comparative studies; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; AXONAL POLYNEUROPATHY; CALCULATION; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC CRITERION; DIGIT 4 SENSORY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENCY DIFFERENCE; LATENT PERIOD; LUMBRICAL INTEROSSEUS MOTOR; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDIAN ULNAR COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIXED PALMAR SENSORY; NERVE CONDUCTION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL MODEL; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXONS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS, AFFERENT; POLYNEUROPATHIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 33744954786     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20518     Document Type: Article

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