Extensive post-traumatic ossification of the patellar tendon. A report of two cases

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 34-36

  Matsumoto, H ^a   Kawakubo, M ^a   Otani, T ^a   Fujikawa, K ^a,b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BONE MASS; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; MALE; OSSIFICATION; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; TENDONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032945009     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.81B1.9074     Document Type: Article

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