Acute and chronic tendinopathies at the elbow

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 138-143

  Gabel, Gerard T ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; ELBOW INJURY; EPICONDYLITIS; HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; TENDINITIS; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT PLANNING; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; TENDINOPATHY; TENNIS ELBOW;

EID: 0032769576     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002281-199903000-00010     Document Type: Review

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