Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Ulnar Neuropathy at the Cubital Tunnel

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1088-1093

  Wiesler, Ethan R ^a   Chloros, George D ^a   Cartwright, Michael S ^a   Shin, Hae W ^a   Walker, Francis O ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cubital tunnel; entrapment neuropathy; Ulnar nerve; ulnar neuropathy; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULNAR NERVE; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 33747875135     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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