Morton's metatarsalgia: Sonographic findings and correlated histopathology

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 153-161

  Read, John W ^a,b   Noakes, Jennifer B ^a   Kerr, David ^c   Crichton, Kenneth J ^a   Slater, H Kim ^a   Bonar, Fiona ^d  

^a N Sydney Orthoped Sports Med Ctr   (Australia)

^b Castlereagh Sports Imaging   (Australia)

^c St George's Hospital   (New Zealand)

^d DOUGLASS HANLY MOIR PATHOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; METATARSALGIA; NEURECTOMY; NEUROMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0033064833     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110079902000303     Document Type: Article

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