Locking of metacarpophalangeal joints in a patient with acromegaly

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 655-657

  Tani, Yoshitaka ^a   Tanaka, Nobuaki ^a   Isoya, Eiji ^a  

^a Soseikai General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Locking; Metacarpophalangeal joint; MRI; Osteophyte; Radiography; Volar plate hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; INDEX FINGER; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPHYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; JOINT DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032751315     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002560050569     Document Type: Article

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