Ultrasonography evaluation of tendon thickness in hemodialysis patients

Objective: To evaluate tendon thickness at ultrasonography (US)imaging in long-term dialysis recipients. Methods: Twenty chronicdialysis recipients underwent US examination to evaluate tendonthickening, including that of the supraspinatus, subscapularis, biceps,triceps, quadriceps, patellar and calc...

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Main Authors: Luciano Augusto Botter, Aldo Benjamin Rodrigues Barbosa, José Adriano Sicca, George Rachid de Oliveira, Marcelo Rocha Correia da Silva, Marco Antonio Germano, Rubens Mitsuo Tanaka, Ricardo Tadao Yonezaki, Erika Suenaga, Miguel José Francisco Neto, Marcelo Buarque de Gusmão Funari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein 2006-12-01
Series:Einstein (São Paulo)
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Online Access:http://www.einstein.br/revista/arquivos/PDF/Einstein_vol4_n4_2006_p303.pdf