Ultrasonic assistance in the diagnosis of hand flexor tendon injuries

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 403-407

  Wang, Peter T H ^a   Bonavita, John A ^a   DeLone Jr , Francis X ^a,b   McClellan, R Michael ^a   Witham, Rebecca S ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CROZER CHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 0032918928     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199904000-00009     Document Type: Article

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