Importance of the medial meniscus in the anterior cruciate ligament-deficient knee

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 109-115

  Allen, Christina R ^a   Wong, Eric K ^a   Livesay, Glen A ^a   Sakane, Masataka ^a   Fu, Freddie H ^a   Woo, Savio L Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 0034098024     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.1100180116     Document Type: Article

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