Validity and usefulness of echography in the carpal tunnel syndrome;Validez y utilidad de la ecografía en el síndrome del túnel carpiano

Reumatologia Clinica

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 100-106

  Peiteado López, Diana ^a   Heras, Cristina Bohórquez ^a   Mendieta, Eugenio De Miguel ^a   Pérez, Susana Santiago ^a   Canitrot, Arturo Ugalde ^a   Mola, Emilio Martín ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Imaging diagnostic; Reliability; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 45849126103     PISSN: 1699258X     EISSN: 18851398     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1699-258X(08)71812-6     Document Type: Article

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