Clinical profile, electrodiagnosis and outcome in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome: A Singapore perspective

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1049-1052

  Lian, B T ^a   Urkude, R ^a   Verma, Kamal K ^b  

^a NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b Department of Neurology ^*  (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Electrodiagnosis; Entrapment neuropathy; Nerve conduction; Neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; SINGAPORE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESTHESIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SINGAPORE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845449987     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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