The ankle joint: Imaging strategies in the evaluation of ligamentous injuries

Critical Reviews in Diagnostic Imaging

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 393-445

  Long, Daniel ^a   Yu, Joseph S ^a   Vitellas, Kenneth ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ANKLE INSTABILITY; ANKLE SPRAIN; ARTHROGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT SURGERY; HUMAN; LIGAMENT INJURY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ANKLE INJURIES; ANKLE JOINT; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPRAINS AND STRAINS;

EID: 0032431576     PISSN: 10408371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408379891244226     Document Type: Review

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