Spontaneous simultaneous bilateral patellar tendon rupture in a systemic lupus erythematosus patient

Lupus

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 915-917

  Papanikolaou, Athanassios ^a,b  

^a Psychico   (Greece)

^b RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; PATELLA TENDON; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TENDON RUPTURE; X RAY; CONVALESCENCE; INJURY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATELLA LIGAMENT; RUPTURE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 36348945729     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961203307081911     Document Type: Letter

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