The diagnostic value of ultrasonography in patients with electrophysiology confirmed carpal tunnel syndrome

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-8

  Ashraf, A R ^a   Jali, R ^a   Moghtaderi Esfahani, Ali Reza ^a   Yazdani, A H ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Electrodiagnosis; Median nerve; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 61549115059     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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