Entrapment neuropathies II: Carpal tunnel syndrome

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 487-500

  Klauser, Andrea S ^a   Faschingbauer, Ralph ^a   Bauer, Thomas ^a   Wick, Marius C ^a   Gabl, Markus ^a   Arora, Rohit ^a   Cotten, Anne ^b   Martinoli, Carlo ^c   Jaschke, Werner R ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Centre de Consultation et d'Imagerie de l'Appareil Locomoteur   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel; electroneurography; magnetic resonance imaging; sonography; ultrasound; ultrasound guidance

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDIAN NERVE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES;

EID: 78549252057     PISSN: 10897860     EISSN: 1098898X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1268069     Document Type: Article

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