Pressure Measurement in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome : Correlation with Electrodiagnostic and Ultrasonographic Findings
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Ahn, Seong-Yeol
(Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
Hong, Youn-Ho (Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Boramae Hospital) Koh, Young-Hwan (Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Boramae Hospital) Chung, Yeong-Seob (Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Boramae Hospital) Lee, Sang-Hyung (Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Boramae Hospital) Yang, Hee-Jin (Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Boramae Hospital) |
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