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Periarticular Tendinopathies of the Knee

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There are several knee diseases; the most cases during clinical practice concern meniscal and ligament lesions, but we must remember various disorders related to periarticular tendon inflammation, which can mime different conditions.

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Raggi, F., Roberti di Sarsina, T., Stefanelli, F., Grassi, A., Signorelli, C., Zaffagnini, S. (2017). Periarticular Tendinopathies of the Knee. In: Canata, G., d'Hooghe, P., Hunt, K. (eds) Muscle and Tendon Injuries. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-54184-5_30

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