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Bilateral consecutive rupture of the quadriceps tendon in a man with BstUI polymorphism of the COL5A1 gene

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Campus Bio-Medico University, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, 00128 Trigoria, Rome, Italy

    Umile Giuseppe Longo

  2. Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Biotechnology, Campus Bio-Medico University, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 21, 00128 Trigoria, Rome, Italy

    Vito Michele Fazio & Maria Luana Poeta

  3. Department of Surgical Pathology, Campus Bio-Medico University, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, 00128 Trigoria, Rome, Italy

    Carla Rabitti

  4. Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Campus Bio-Medico University, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, 00128 Trigoria, Rome, Italy

    Francesco Franceschi & Vincenzo Denaro

  5. Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Mile End Hospital, 275 Bancroft Road, London, E1 4DG, UK

    Nicola Maffulli

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Longo, U.G., Fazio, V.M., Poeta, M.L. et al. Bilateral consecutive rupture of the quadriceps tendon in a man with BstUI polymorphism of the COL5A1 gene. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 18, 1812–1813 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-010-1276-0

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