Spontaneous, bilateral patellar tendon rupture in a woman with previous Achilles tendon rupture and systemic lupus erythematosus [5]

Rheumatology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 905-906

  Prasad, S ^a   Lee, A ^a   Clarnette, R ^a   Faull, R ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CALCITRIOL; CELECOXIB; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMEPRAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTHRITIS; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CUSHINGOID SYNDROME; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EXPOSURE; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT LIMITATION; KNEE SURGERY; LETTER; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MORBID OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATELLA TENDON; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TENDON RUPTURE; INJURY; KNEE; RADIOGRAPHY; RUPTURE; TENDON; TENDON INJURY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS;

EID: 0141504371     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keg218     Document Type: Letter

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