Assessment of needle arthroscopy, standard arthroscopy, physical examination, and magnetic resonance imaging in knee pain: A pilot study

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 26-34

  Gramas, Deirdre A ^a   Antounian, Francois S ^b   Peterfy, Charles G ^a   Genant, Harry K ^a   Lane, Nancy E ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Knee pain; Magnetic resonance imaging; Needle arthroscopy; Standard arthroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013632960     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: 15367355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124743-199502000-00007     Document Type: Article

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