Flexor tendon entrapment of the digits (trigger finger and trigger thumb)

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 526-545

  Moore, J Steven ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; FINGER; FLEXOR TENDON; HUMAN; KINESIOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPLINTING; TENDON DISEASE; TENOSYNOVITIS;

EID: 0034028875     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-200005000-00012     Document Type: Article

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