Subchondral insufficiency fracture of the femoral head: Histopathologic correlation with MRI

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 247-254

  Yamamoto, Takuaki ^a   Schneider, Robert ^b   Bullough, Peter G ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Femoral head; Histopathology; MRI; Osteonecrosis; Osteoporosis; Subchondral insufficiency fracture

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE; BONE MARROW; CALLUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDEMA; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR HEAD; GRANULATION TISSUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TISSUE REPAIR; TISSUE SLICE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035007673     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002560100348     Document Type: Article

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