Painful muscle fibrosis following synthol injections in a bodybuilder: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ghandourah, Suleiman ^a   Hofer, Markus J ^a   Kieling, Andreas ^a   El Zayat, Bilal ^a   Schofer, Markus Dietmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; SYNTHOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARM PAIN; ARTICLE; BODY BUILDING; CASE REPORT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYOFIBROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84865051465     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-6-248     Document Type: Article

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