Achilles tendon rupture as a result of oral steroid therapy

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 355-358

  Hersh, Bryan L ^a,b   Heath, Nicholas S ^a  

^a Multicare Foot and Ankle Residency   (United States)

^b Multicare Foot and Ankle Clinics of America   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ACHILLES TENDON; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; STEROIDS; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 0036594501     PISSN: 87507315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7547/87507315-92-6-355     Document Type: Review

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