Diagnostic value of wrist median nerve cross sectional area versus wrist-to-forearm ratio in carpal tunnel syndrome

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2898-2899

  Visser, Leo H ^a   Smidt, Martijn H ^b   Lee, Martin L ^b  

^a CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; FOREARM; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDIAN NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WRIST;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOREARM; HUMANS; MEDIAN NERVE; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WRIST;

EID: 56349161983     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.08.022     Document Type: Letter

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