Unusual course of the extensor pollicis longus tendon associated with tenosynovitis, presenting as de Quervain disease - A case report

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 426-428

  Nishijo, Koichi ^a,b   Kotani, Hiranobu ^a   Miki, Takaaki ^a   Senzoku, Fukuji ^a   Ueo, Toyoji ^a  

^a Tamatsukuri Kosei Nenkin Hospital   (Japan)

^b KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; TENDON; TENOSYNOVITIS;

EID: 0033858286     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000164700317393484     Document Type: Article

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