The internet as a source of information for De Quervain’s tendinitis

Hand

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 131-136

  Heap, James C ^a   Dezfuli, Bobby ^a   Bennett, David M ^a   Chapman, Eric ^a   DeSilva, Gregory L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

De Quervain s tenosynovitis; Internet; Reading level

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939879204     PISSN: 15589447     EISSN: 15589455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11552-014-9657-3     Document Type: Article

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