Imaging of the posterolateral corner of the knee

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 457-466

  Harish, S ^a   O'Donnell, P ^a   Connell, D ^a   Saifuddin, A ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVULSION FRACTURE; BLEEDING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDEMA; FEMUR; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; KNEE FRACTURE; KNEE INJURY; KNEE INSTABILITY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; TENDONS;

EID: 33646527377     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2005.06.014     Document Type: Review

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