Quantification of intact quadriceps tendon, quadriceps tendon insertion, and suprapatellar fat pad: MR arthrography, anatomy, and cryosections in the sagittal plane

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 691-698

  Staeubli, Hans Ulrich ^a   Bollmann, Christof ^a   Kreutz, Rolf ^a   Becker, Wolfgang ^a   Rauschning, Wolfgang ^b  

^a Spital Bern Tiefenau   (Switzerland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE ARTHROGRAPHY; KNEE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

EID: 0032866895     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.173.3.10470905     Document Type: Article

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