Patellar tendon laxity on systemic lupus erythematosus

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 385-386

  Al Ahaideb, Abdulaziz ^a,b   Lavoie, Guy ^a   Secretan, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATELLA TENDON; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TENDON LESION; TENDON RUPTURE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLA; PREDNISONE; TENDONS;

EID: 9744271693     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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