"Uncoverage" of the humeral head by the anterolateral acromion and its relationship to full-thickness rotator cuff tears

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1035-1038

  Baechler, Martin Frederick ^a   Kim, David H ^b  

^a TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Colorado Health Sciences Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROMION; ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMERUS HEAD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; THICKNESS;

EID: 33750042553     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.171.10.1035     Document Type: Article

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