Finger A2 pulley lesions in rock climbers: Detection and characterization with magnetic resonance imaging at 3 Tesla - Initial results

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 435-441

  Guntern, Daniel ^a   Goncalves Matoso, Vasco ^a   Gray, Anne ^b   Picht, Carmen ^a   Schnyder, Pierre ^a   Theumann, Nicolas ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Clinique de Longeraie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3 T MRI; Finger pulley; Musculoskeletal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FINGER INJURY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROCK CLIMBING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34249100533     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rli.0000262756.65849.12     Document Type: Article

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