Discoid lateral menisci in Japanese cadaver knees

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 154-159

  Kato, Yuki ^a   Oshida, Midori ^b   Aizawa, Shin ^a   Saito, Akiyoshi ^a   Ryu, Junnosuke ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO TEISHIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bilateral knees; Cadaver; Discoid lateral meniscus; Japanese; Meniscal tear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DISCOID KNEE MENISCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MALE; OBSERVATION; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 20444391024     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10165-004-0283-8     Document Type: Article

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