Atrophy and fatty infiltration of the supraspinatus muscle: Sonography versus MRI

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1105-1111

  Khoury, Viviane ^a   Cardinal, Étienne ^b   Brassard, Paul ^c  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Fatty degeneration; Fatty infiltration; MRI; Rotator cuff muscles; Shoulder; Sonography

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; SHOULDER; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; ROTATOR CUFF; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; ROTATOR CUFF;

EID: 42449124690     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2835     Document Type: Article

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