Meniscal disorders: Normal, discoid, and cysts

Orthopedic Clinics of North America

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 329-340

  Kocher, Mininder S ^a   Klingele, Kevin ^b   Rassman, Sean O ^c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANATOMY; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISCOID KNEE MENISCUS; HUMAN; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; KNEE SURGERY; MENISCECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPLITEAL CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; REVIEW; SAUCERIZATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0043246575     PISSN: 00305898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-5898(03)00008-7     Document Type: Review

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