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History of Neurology: Seminal Citations | May 2000

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Drasko Simovic, MD; David H. Weinberg, MD
Arch Neurol. 2000;57(5):754-755. doi:10.1001/archneur.57.5.754.
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Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most frequently encountered mononeuropathy in clinical practice. Although now a well–recognized entity, it took almost 100 years from the initial observations until the pathophysiology of the disorder was finally accepted as a median nerve compression at the wrist.

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