Evaluation and diagnosis of wrist pain: A case-based approach

American Family Physician

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 568-573

  Shehab, Ramsey ^a,b   Mirabelli, Mark H ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DE QUERVAIN TENOSYNOVITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; GANGLION CYST; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS FRACTURE; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WRIST PAIN;

EID: 84876241107     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 15320650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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