Platelet-rich plasma injection for partial patellar tendon tear in a high school athlete: A case presentation

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Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 391-395

  Scollon Grieve, Kelly L ^a   Malanga, Gerard A ^b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b New Jersey Sports Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATELLA TENDON; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON INJURY; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; RACQUET SPORTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RUPTURE;

EID: 79954568093     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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