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From: werner@aecom.yu.edu (Craig Werner)
Newsgroups: sci.med,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Computer-Aided Illness/New disease vector?
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Date: 4 Mar 90 04:57:51 GMT
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In article <3026@draken.nada.kth.se>, ianf@nada.kth.se (Ian Feldman) writes:
> In article <22351.25e565db@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> 1k1mgm@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
> >
> > Then, like a shot, it hit me.
> >
> > "My god," I said.  "I've got MOUSE ELBOW."
> >
> > Which is what it seems to be.  Recommendation is (a) wait and see
> > if it gets better or worse, and (b) get tennis-elbow-style pad/brace
> > if it doesn't get better.
> 

	Actually this condition has been described before, and various
names suggested at the first description included 'murine tenosynovitis'
before deciding on the more catchy, 'MacWrist' (although it's really the
forearm in most cases.)




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	        Craig Werner   (future MD/PhD, 4.5 years down, 2.5 to go)
	     werner@aecom.YU.EDU -- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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