MR imaging of epiphyseal lesions of the knee: Current concepts, challenges, and controversies

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 655-672

  Lecouvet, Frédéric E ^a   Malghem, Jacques ^a   Maldague, Baudouin E ^a   Vande Berg, Bruno C ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID TC 99M; GLUCOCORTICOID; ISOTOPE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE MARROW DISEASE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; DECOMPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; EPIPHYSIS DISEASE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MENISCECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

BONE DISEASES; BONE MARROW DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDEMA; EPIPHYSES; FEMUR; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEONECROSIS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 18944371213     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2005.02.002     Document Type: Review

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