Rotator Cuff in Asymptomatic Volunteers: Contrast-enhanced US Depiction of Intratendinous and Peritendinous Vascularity -- Adler et al., 10.1148/radiol.2483071400 -- Radiology
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1 From Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY (R.S.A.); Department of Radiology and Imaging, Division of Ultrasound and Body Imaging (R.S.A.), Sports Service at Department of Orthopaedics (S.F., A.P., R.F.W., W.K.), and Epidemiology and Biostatistics Division (S.L.), Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 E 70th St, New York, NY 10021; Washington Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Washington, DC (J.R.R.); and Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, Chicago, Ill (N.N.V.). Received August 8, 2007; revision requested October 5; revision received January 2, 2008; accepted January 30; final version accepted March 28. Supported in part by research grants provided by Major League Baseball (grant 3135400), the Soft Tissue Research Fund of the Hospital for Special Surgery, and Philips Medical Systems. Address correspondence to R.S.A. (e-mail: [email protected] ).
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