Degeneration of the long biceps tendon: Comparison of MRI with gross anatomy and histology

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1367-1375

  Buck, Florian M ^a   Grehn, Holger ^a   Hilbe, Monika ^b   Pfirrmann, Christian W A ^a   Manzanell, Silvana ^b   Hodler, Jürg ^a  

^a ORTHOPEDIC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BALGRIST   (Switzerland)

^b VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Degeneration; Long biceps tendon; MRI

Indexed keywords

FAT; PROTON;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BONE; CADAVER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TENDINITIS; TENDON DISEASE;

CADAVER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SHOULDER; STAINING AND LABELING; TENDONS;

EID: 70449482173     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2738     Document Type: Article

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