Guideline 'Diagnosis and treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome';Richtlijn 'Diagnostiek en behandeling van het carpale-tunnelsyndroom'

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 76-81

  De Krom, M C T F M ^a   Van Croonenborg, J J ^b   Blaauw, G ^a   Scholten, R J P M ^c   Spaans, F ^d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Dutch Institute for Healthcare Improvement CBO   (Netherlands)

^c Dutch Cochrane Centre   (Netherlands)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PROVOCATION TEST; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; WRIST;

EID: 38349144581     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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