Spontaneous tendon ruptures in alkaptonuria

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 883-886

  Manoj Kumar, R V ^a   Rajasekaran, S ^a  

^a GANGA HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; ALKAPTONURIA; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT DEGENERATION; MALE; OCHRONOSIS; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TENDON RUPTURE;

EID: 0042028303     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.85b6.13662     Document Type: Article

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