MR imaging of delamination tears of the rotator cuff tendons
โ Scribed by Daniel M. Walz; Theodore T. Miller; Steven Chen; Josh Hofman
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 231 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2348
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