Achilles tendon pathology: The role of ultrasonography

Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 172-177

  Azzoni, Roberto ^a   Cabitza, P ^b  

^a IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Sonography; Tendinopathies

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACHILLES TENDON; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT PAIN; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TENDINITIS; TENDON DISEASE; TENOSYNOVITIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 12344259601     PISSN: 15909921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10195-004-0066-1     Document Type: Article

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