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Intensive ultrasound treatment in acute calcific periarthritis of the wrist: a case report

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  1. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria

    Mohammad Keilani MSc,  Stefano Palma,  Fadime Cenik &  Richard Crevenna MBA, MSc

  2. Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Georg Stummvoll

  3. Department of Radiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Franz Kainberger

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Keilani, M., Stummvoll, G., Kainberger, F. et al. Intensive ultrasound treatment in acute calcific periarthritis of the wrist: a case report. Wien Klin Wochenschr 127, 649–651 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-015-0813-8

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