The infrapatellar fat pad: Anatomy and clinical correlations

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 268-272

  Gallagher, J ^a   Tierney, P ^a   Murray, P ^b   O'Brien, M ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b CAPPAGH NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Fat body; Knee joint; Pathology; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; PATELLA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; PATELLA;

EID: 24044518763     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-004-0592-7     Document Type: Article

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