Regeneration of the semitendinosus tendon harvested for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Evaluation using ultrasonography

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 556-561

  Papandrea, Paola ^a,b   Vulpiani, Maria Chiara ^a   Ferretti, Andrea ^a   Conteduca, Fabio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; TENDON GRAFT; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE REPAIR;

EID: 0033860481     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/03635465000280041901     Document Type: Article

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