Patellar alignment evaluated by MRI

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 489-492

  Muellner, Thomas ^a   Funovics, Martin ^b   Nikolic, Ajsa ^a   Metz, Victor ^b   Schabus, Rudolf ^a   Vécsei, Vilmos ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIV KLIN FÜR RADIODIAGNOSTIK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE PLATE; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA; POSITION; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS;

EID: 0031786028     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679808997784     Document Type: Article

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