MR appearance of distal femoral cortical irregularity (cortical desmoid)

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 328-332

  Suh, Jin Suck ^a   Cho, Jae Hyun ^a   Shin, Kyoo Ho ^a   Won, JeHwan ^a   Park, Sang Joon ^a   Shin, Dong Hwan ^a   Kim, Sung Jae ^a   Lee, Hye Yeon ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bones, abnormalities; Femur, anatomy; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

BONE; DIAGNOSIS; MUSCLE; RADIOGRAPHY;

BONE, ABNORMALITY; CLASSIFIEDS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIVERGENTS; FEMUR, ANATOMY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MEDIAL GASTROCNEMIUS; MR-IMAGES; RADIOGRAPH IMAGES;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE LESION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0029986872     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199603000-00031     Document Type: Article

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