Flexor tendon tears in the hand: Use of MR imaging to diagnose degree of injury in a cadaver model

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 615-620

  Rubin, David A ^a,b   Kneeland, J Bruce ^a   Kitay, Garry S ^a,c   Naranja Jr , R John ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Indiana Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 13344275869     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.166.3.8623637     Document Type: Article

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