Sonography of injury of the ulnar collateral ligament of the elbow - Initial experience

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 386-391

  Miller, Theodore ^a   Adler, Ronald S ^b   Friedman, Lawrence ^c  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^c HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elbow; Injury; Ligament; Sonography; Ulnar collateral ligament

Indexed keywords

GADODIAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BASEBALL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW INJURY; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGAMENT INJURY; LIGAMENT RUPTURE; LIGAMENT SURGERY; LIMB PAIN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT INJURY; SPRAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 3543031014     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-004-0788-4     Document Type: Article

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