Distal femur morphometry: A gender and bilateral comparative study using magnetic resonance imaging

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 108-112

  Murshed, Khalil Awadh ^a   Çiçekcibaşi, Aynur Emine ^b   Karabacakoglu, Aydin ^b   Şeker, Muzaffer ^b   Ziylan, Taner ^b  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^b SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Distal femur; Intercondylar notch; Measurements

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR CONDYLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 20444449333     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-004-0295-2     Document Type: Article

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