Carpal tunnel syndrome

British Medical Journal

Volumn 335, Issue 7615, 2007, Pages 343-346

  Bland, Jeremy D P ^a  

^a KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PYRIDOXINE; STEROID;

BLOOD EXAMINATION; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; IONTOPHORESIS; LABORATORY TEST; LIMB SWELLING; MEDIAN NERVE; META ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; REVIEW; SPLINTING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYRINGOMYELIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENDINITIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPLINTS; STEROIDS;

EID: 34548166039     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39282.623553.AD     Document Type: Review

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