Carpal tunnel syndrome

American Family Physician

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 952-958

  Leblanc, Kim Edward ^a   Cestia, Wayne ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DIURETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ERGONOMICS; HAND PARESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPLINTING; SYMPTOM;

EID: 79956370475     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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