Time to abandon the "tendinitis" myth

British Medical Journal

Volumn 324, Issue 7338, 2002, Pages 626-627

  Khan, K M ^a   Cook, J L ^a   Kannus, P ^a   Maffulli, N ^a   Bonar, S F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANALGESIA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EDITORIAL; ELBOW; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF; SPORTS MEDICINE; TENDINITIS;

EID: 0037117136     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.324.7338.626     Document Type: Editorial

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