Value of Power Doppler and Gray-Scale US in the Diagnosis of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Contribution of Cross-Sectional Area just before the Tunnel Inlet as Compared with the Cross-Sectional Area at the Tunnel

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 632-639

  Akcar, Nevbahar ^a   Özkan, Serhat ^a   Mehmetoglu, Özlem ^a   Calisir, Cuneyt ^a   Adapinar, Baki ^a  

^a Osmangazi University Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Power Doppler; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGED; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 78549280210     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2010.11.6.632     Document Type: Article

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