Fatty degeneration of the muscles of the rotator cuff: Assessment by computed tomography versus magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 599-605

  Fuchs, Bruno ^a   Weishaupt, Dominik ^a   Zanetti, Marco ^a   Hodler, Juerg ^a   Gerber, Christian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033218531     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1058-2746(99)90097-6     Document Type: Article

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