The achilles tendon

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 307-322

  Calleja, Michele ^a   Connell, David A ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Diagnostic imaging; Growth factors; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tendon injury; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; BIOMECHANICS; BURSITIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RUPTURE; TENDINITIS; TENDON INJURY;

ACHILLES TENDON; BIOMECHANICS; BURSITIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RUPTURE; TENDINOPATHY; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 77953633243     PISSN: 10897860     EISSN: 1098898X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1254520     Document Type: Article

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