Vascular pathologic changes in the flexor tenosynovium (subsynovial connective tissue) in idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1310-1315

  Jinrok, Oh ^a   Zhao, Chunfeng ^a   Amadio, Peter C ^a   An, Kai Nan ^a   Zobitz, Mark E ^a   Wold, Lester E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAND MUSCLE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHY; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MORPHOMETRICS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TENDON SHEATH; TISSUE DEGENERATION; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; BLOOD VESSELS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COLLAGEN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; TENDONS;

EID: 4844225132     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orthres.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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