Differential diagnosis of calf pain with musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-14

  Kane, D ^a   Balint, P V ^b   Gibney, R ^c   Bresnihan, B ^c   Sturrock, R D ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY AND PHYSIOTHERAPY   (Hungary)

^c ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELECOXIB; D DIMER; DALTEPARIN; RANITIDINE;

ACHILLODYNIA; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BURSITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HAND; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INJECTION; KNEE; LABORATORY TEST; LEG PAIN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; POPLITEAL CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SMOKING; SPINE; TENNIS LEG;

ACHILLES TENDON; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; POPLITEAL CYST; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0346690028     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2002.002824     Document Type: Article

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