Evaluation of medial and lateral meniscus thicknesses in early osteoarthritis of the knee with magnetic resonance imaging

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 854-857

  Bamac, Belgin ^a   Ozdemir, Saadet ^a   Sarisoy, Hasan T ^a   Colak, Tuncay ^a   Ozbek, Aydin ^a   Akansel, Gur ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPHYTE; THICKNESS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN;

EID: 33746407620     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 03795284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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