Patients with suspected meniscal tears: Prevalence of abnormalities seen on MRI of 100 symptomatic and 100 contralateral asymptomatic knees

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 635-641

  Zanetti, Marco ^a   Pfirrmann, Christian W A ^a   Schmid, Marius R ^a   Romero, José ^a   Seifert, Burkhardt ^b   Hodler, Juerg ^a  

^a ORTHOPEDIC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BALGRIST   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0042009838     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.181.3.1810635     Document Type: Article

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