Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 20-23 , January 2003

Glenohumeral articular cartilage changes in rotator cuff disease

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 Supported by a grant from the Cappagh Hospital Trust, Dublin, Ireland.

☆☆ Reprint requests: Micheál S. Feeney, FRCSI(Orth), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Lincoln County Hospital, Lincoln LN2 5QY, England.

PII: S1058-2746(02)86993-2

doi: 10.1067/mse.2003.128565

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 20-23 , January 2003