Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Current Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 38-47

  Deimel, George W ^a   Jelsing, Elena J ^a   Hall, Mederic M ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic; Musculoskeletal; Rehabilitation; Sonography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976491592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21674833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40141-012-0003-9     Document Type: Article

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