Progression of patellar tendinitis following treatment with platelet-rich plasma: Case reports

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2035-2039

  Bowman, Karl F ^a   Muller, Bart ^b,c   Middleton, Kellie ^b   Fink, Christian ^d   Harner, Christopher D ^b   Fu, Freddie H ^e  

^a Wardell Orthopaedics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Sportclinic Austria   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biologics; Complications; Patellar tendinitis; Platelet rich plasma; PRP

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PATHOLOGY; TENDINITIS; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 84883055331     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-013-2549-1     Document Type: Article

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