Randomised controlled trial of local corticosteroid injections for carpal tunnel syndrome in general practice

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Peters Veluthamaningal, Cyriac ^a   Winters, Jan C ^a   Groenier, Klaas H ^a   Meyboom De Jong, Betty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; PLACEBO; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INJECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

EID: 77955000006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-54     Document Type: Article

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