Changes in the functional structure of the tenosynovium in idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome: A scanning electron microscope study

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1413-1422

  Ettema, Anke M ^b   Amadio, Peter C ^a   Zhao, Chunfeng ^b   Wold, Lester E ^b   O'Byrne, Megan M ^b   Moran, Steven L ^b   An, Kai Nan ^b  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT BIOPSY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNOVIUM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CADAVER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; TENDONS;

EID: 33750258173     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000239593.55293.c7     Document Type: Article

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