Contracture of the deltoid muscle: Imaging findings in 17 patients

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 449-453

  Chen, Clement K H ^a,b   Yeh, Lee Ren ^a,b   Chen, Chien Ta ^b,c   Pan, Huay Ben ^a,b   Yang, Chien Fang ^a,b   Resnick, Donald ^d  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Catholic Mercy Hospital   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELTOID MUSCLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031882923     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.170.2.9456962     Document Type: Article

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