Achilles tendon size by high resolution sonography in healthy population. Relationship with lipid levels;Tamaño del tendon de Aquiles por ecografía de alta resolución en población sana. Relación con las concentraciones lipídicas

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 41-44

  Civeira, Fernando ^b   Castillo, Juan José ^b   Calvo, Carmen ^b   Ferrando, Juan ^b   De Pedro, Carmen ^b   Martínez Rodés, Pablo ^b   Pocoví, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL ROYO VILLANOVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; LIPID;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE 2; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUE; TENDINITIS; XANTHOMATOSIS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APOLIPOPROTEINS B; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; TENDINOPATHY; XANTHOMATOSIS;

EID: 0032550910     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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