Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Simultaneous Bilateral Quadriceps Tendon Rupture in a Weightlifter: Case Report

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 582-584

  Bikkina, Ravi S ^a   Chaljub, Gregory ^a   Singh, Harbans ^a   Allen, Stanley D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; HUMAN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TENDON RUPTURE; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES; THIGH; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0036121616     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200203000-00032     Document Type: Article

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