MRI high-signal intensity in the menisci of asymptomatic children

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 80, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1998, Pages 463-467

  Takeda, Yoshitsugu ^a,b   Ikata, Takaaki ^a,b   Yoshida, Shigehito ^a,b   Takai, Hiroaki ^a,b   Kashiwaguchi, Shinji ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BONE MATURATION; DEVICE; HUMAN; KNEE MENISCUS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCINTISCANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; EPIPHYSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; OSTEOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIA;

EID: 0031775276     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.80B3.8013     Document Type: Article

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