Musculoskeletal ultrasound: Elbow imaging and procedures

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 449-460

  Lee, Kenneth S ^a   Rosas, Humberto G ^a   Craig, Joseph G ^b,c  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

elbow; epicondylitis; epicondylosis; platelet rich plasma; prolotherapy; PRP; ulnar collateral ligament; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPATHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INJURY; LIGAMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; TENDON INJURY;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TENDON INJURIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77956565208     PISSN: 10897860     EISSN: 1098898X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1263260     Document Type: Article

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