Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis presenting with bilateral Achilles tendon xanthomata

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 171-175

  Smithard, Abigail ^a   Lamyman, Michael J ^a   McCarthy, Catherine L ^a   Gibbons, C L M H ^a   Cooke, Paul J ^a   Athanasou, Nicholas ^a  

^a NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon xanthomata; Cerebrotendinous xanthamatosis; MRI

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CEREBROTENDINOUS XANTHOMATOSIS; DEVICE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXCISION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOFT TISSUE; SWELLING; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; XANTHOMA;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; XANTHOMATOSIS, CEREBROTENDINOUS;

EID: 33845694012     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-006-0139-8     Document Type: Article

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