Bilateral patellar tendon ruptures: A missed diagnosis : Cse report and literature review

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1350-1354

  Cree, Calum ^a   Pillai, Anand ^a,b   Jones, Bryn ^a   Blyth, Mark ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Knee; Tendon

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; MALE; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 36148991056     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-007-0350-8     Document Type: Article

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