Cimetidine for chronic calcifying tendinitis of the shoulder

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 248-252

  Yokoyama, Masataka ^a   Aono, Hiroshi ^b   Takeda, Akio ^b   Morita, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcifying tendinitis of the shoulder; Chronic pain; Cimetidine

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CIMETIDINE; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TENDINITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0038824184     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rapm.2003.50048     Document Type: Article

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