Congenital absence of the long head of the biceps tendon: A case report

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1584-1586

  Franco, John C ^a   Knapp, Thomas P ^a   Mandelbaum, Bert R ^a  

^a Santa Monica Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Group   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL ABSENCE OF THE LONG HEAD OF THE BICEPS TENDON; CRYPTORCHISM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SHOULDER; TENDON DISEASE;

EID: 21444453612     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200507000-00022     Document Type: Article

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