Bucket-handle meniscal tears of the knee: Sensitivity and specificity of MRI signs

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 266-272

  Dorsay, Theodore A ^a   Helms, Clyde A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Knee, menisci; Knee, MR; Magnetic resonance (MR)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT SCINTISCANNING; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MALE; MENISCECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0038182525     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-002-0617-6     Document Type: Article

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