Recesses along the posterior margin of the infrapatellar (Hoffa's) fat pad: Prevalence and morphology on routine MR imaging of the knee

European Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 988-994

  Aydingöz, Üstün ^a   Oguz, Berna ^a   Aydingöz, Önder ^b   Bayramoglu, Alp ^a   Demiryürek, Deniz ^a   Akgün, Isik ^b   Üzün, Ibrahim ^c  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Ministry of Justice ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Knee; Knee anatomy; Knee MR imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT EFFUSION; KNEE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE STRUCTURE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HISTOLOGY; JOINT CAPSULE; PATELLA LIGAMENT; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CADAVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT CAPSULE; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 22844435095     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-004-2457-3     Document Type: Article

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