Ultrasound of tendons and nerves

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 44-45

  Martinoli, Carlo ^a   Bianchi, Stefano ^b   Dahmane, M'Hamed ^a   Pugliese, Francesca ^a   Bianchi Zamorani, Maria Pia ^c   Valle, Maura ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Musculoskeletal system; Nerves; Peripheral nervous system; Tendons; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIMB; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE INJURY; NEUROGENIC TUMOR; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TARSAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; TENDINITIS; TENDON DISEASE; TENDON RUPTURE; TENOSYNOVITIS; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND; ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; NEURILEMOMA; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RUPTURE; TENDON; TENDON INJURY;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS; NEURILEMMOMA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RUPTURE; TENDINOPATHY; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036356802     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-001-1161-9     Document Type: Review

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