Spontaneous resolution of osteonecrosis of the femoral head

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2594-2599

  Cheng, Edward Y ^a   Thongtrangan, Issada ^a   Laorr, Alan ^a,c   Saleh, Khaled J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c Suburban Radiologic Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; HIP DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 10344244499     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200412000-00002     Document Type: Article

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