Acutely injured knee: Effect of MR imaging on diagnostic and therapeutic decisions

Radiology

Volumn 204, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 799-805

  Maurer, Erik J ^a   Kaplan, Phoebe A ^a   Dussault, Robert G ^a   Diduch, David R ^a   Schuett, Andrew ^a   McCue, Frank C ^a   Hornsby, Paige P ^a   Hillman, Bruce J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Knee, injuries; Knee, ligaments, menisci, and cartilage; Knee, MR; Magnetic resonance (MR), utilization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030815657     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.204.3.9280263     Document Type: Article

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