Synovial shelves of the knee: Association with chondral lesions

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1292-1298

  Christoforakis, Joseph J ^a,b   Sanchez Ballester, Jordi ^a   Hunt, Neil ^a   Thomas, Rhidian ^a   Strachan, Robin K ^a  

^a EALING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Cartilage; Knee; Synovial shelves

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHONDROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYNOVIUM;

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 33751259581     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-006-0085-y     Document Type: Article

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