The utility of high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of the triangular fibrocartilage complex of the wrist

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1675-1684

  Potter, Hollis G ^a   Asnis Ernberg, Lauren ^a   Weiland, Andrew J ^a   Hotchkiss, Robert N ^a   Peterson, Margaret G E ^a   McCormack, Richard R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHONDROPATHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULNA; WRIST INJURY;

EID: 0030723443     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199711000-00009     Document Type: Article

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