Anterior Cruciate Ligament Ganglia and Mucoid Degeneration: Coexistence and Clinical Correlation

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1283-1287

  Bergin, Diane ^a   Morrison, William B ^a   Carrino, John A ^a   Nallamshetty, Samridhi N ^a   Bartolozzi, Arthur R ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; LIGAMENT DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOID DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 1942469285     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.182.5.1821283     Document Type: Article

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