Diagnosing mild Carpal Tunnel Syndrome with interpolation

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 379-383

  Bodofsky, Elliot B ^a  

^a Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; STANDARD;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REACTION TIME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 4544279492     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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