Single parameter wrist ultrasonography as a first-line screening examination in suspected carpal tunnel syndrome patients

Bratislava Medical Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 177-179

  Kurca, E ^a   Nosal, V ^a   Grofik, M ^a   Sivak, S ^a   Turcanova Koprusakova, M ^a   Kucera, P ^b  

^a University Teaching Hospital in Martin   (Slovakia)

^b Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University and University Hospital Bratislava   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Electromyography; Nerve conduction study; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049115498     PISSN: 00069248     EISSN: 13360345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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