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Carpal tunnel syndrome: role of occupation.
International archives of occupational and environmental health - 1 Jan 1991
Delgrosso I, Boillat M A
Abstract excerpt
A total of 21 consecutive patients who underwent surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome in a regional hospital were analysed for their trade and serum alpha 1-antitrypsin phenotypes. The majority of these cases were women and mostly manual trades and professions were involved. Furthermore, heterozygous antitrypsin phenotypes were more frequent among the surgical cases than among the general Swiss population. In a...
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