Sonographic assessment of soft tissue alterations in osteoarthritis of the knee

International Journal of Tissue Reactions

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-23

  Monteforte, Patrizia ^a,b   Rovetta, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; TISSUE INJURY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATELLA; TENDONS;

EID: 0032858350     PISSN: 02500868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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