Vascular density of the posterior tibial tendon: A cadaver study

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 628-631

  Pires Prado, Marcelo ^a,b,d   Egydio De Carvalho Jr , Antonio ^a,c   Junqueira Rodrigues, Consuelo ^a,c   Fernandes, Túlio Diniz ^a,c   Morreira Mendes, Alberto Abussamra ^a,c   Salomao, Osny ^a,c  

^a Hospital do Coração ^*

^b Hospital do Coracao   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Esporte Hospital   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Insufficiency; Posterior Tibial Tendon; Tendinitis; Vascularization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CALCULATION; DENSITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSCOPY; POSTERIOR TIBIAL TENDON DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TENDINITIS; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 33747874647     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070602700811     Document Type: Article

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