Calcific tendinitis in the posterior proximal thigh as a self-limited condition: Pathogenic role of inflammatory responses

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 970-974

  Watanabe, Hideomi ^a,c   Sano, Kiyoshi ^b   Shinozaki, Tetsuya ^a   Shirakura, Kenji ^a   Takagishi, Kenji ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Toho Hospital   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcific tendinitis; Inflammatory responses; Posterior proximal thigh; Self limited

Indexed keywords

AMFENAC; LOXOPROFEN; OXAPRAZINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; JOINT MOBILITY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; TENDINITIS; THIGH;

ADULT; CALCINOSIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TENDINOPATHY; THIGH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031918035     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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