Tendon involvement in patients with ochronosis: An ultrasonographic study

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1785-1786

  Filippou, Georgios ^a,b   Frediani, B ^a   Selvi, E ^a   Bertoldi, I ^a   Galeazzi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTHESITIS; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; OCHRONOSIS; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCHRONOSIS; TENDINOPATHY; TENDONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 56749091250     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2007.084970     Document Type: Letter

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