US-guided percutaneous treatment of shoulder calcific tendonitis: Some clarifications are needed

Radiology

Volumn 254, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 990-

  Cacchio, Angelo ^a   Rompe, Jan D ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b orthoTrauma Evaluations Centrum   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; STEROID;

CALCIFYING TENDINITIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; TENDINITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

CALCINOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; NEEDLES; RESEARCH DESIGN; ROTATOR CUFF; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TENDINOPATHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77950151634     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.091542     Document Type: Letter

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