Asynchronous Bilateral Achilles Tendon Ruptures and Androstenediol Use

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1007-1009

  Battista, Vincent ^a   Combs, Jan ^a   Warme, Winston J ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIOL;

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPLEMENTATION; TENDON SUTURE;

EID: 0344495978     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/03635465030310060201     Document Type: Article

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