The cartilaginous femoral sulcus in children with patellar dislocation: An ultrasonographic study

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 50-53

  Nietosvaara, Yrjänä ^a,b   Aalto, Kari ^a  

^a Aurora Hospital   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cartilaginous femoral sulcus; Children; Patellar dislocation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT; HUMAN; JOINT DISLOCATION; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE; MALE; PATELLA; PATELLA DISLOCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHILD; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; PATELLA; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031012887     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004694-199701000-00012     Document Type: Article

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