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Calcific tendinitis: a review of the usual and unusual

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The purpose of this review is to illustrate examples of calcific tendinitis in common and unusual locations.

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  1. Department of Radiology, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

    Peter D. Holt M.D. & Theodore E. Keats M.D.

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Holt, P.D., Keats, T.E. Calcific tendinitis: a review of the usual and unusual. Skeletal Radiol. 22, 1–9 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00191518

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