Electrodiagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome in patients with diabetic polyneuropathy

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 122, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1463-1469

  Gazioglu, Sibel ^a   Boz, Cavit ^a   Cakmak, Vildan Altunayoglu ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Diabetic polyneuropathy; Median nerve; Nerve conduction study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULNAR NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; ULNAR NERVE; WRIST;

EID: 79957594110     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2010.11.021     Document Type: Article

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