Rupture of a flexor pollicis longus tendon in Scheie's syndrome. Case report

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 275-278

  Weiss, Gaby G ^a   Ritt, Marco J P F ^a   Bos, Kurt E ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

FPL tendon rupture; Scheie's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; HUMAN; MEDIAN NERVE; MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS; SCHEIE SYNDROME; TENDON RUPTURE;

EID: 0030881434     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02844319709051543     Document Type: Article

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