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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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Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy Aims and scope

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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, Francesco Franceschi & Vincenzo Denaro

  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. 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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Correspondence to Nicola Maffulli.

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The letter by Dalgleish can be found at DOI 10.1007/s00167-011-1408-1.

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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 19, 1404–1405 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-011-1529-6

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