The Fetal Anterior Cruciate Ligament: An Anatomic and Histologic Study

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 278-283

  Ferretti, Mario ^a,b   Levicoff, Eric A ^a   Macpherson, Trevor A ^c   Moreland, Morey S ^a   Cohen, Moises ^b   Fu, Freddie H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Anterior cruciate ligament; Fetal; Histology

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR CONDYLE; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIGAMENT DIAMETER; LIGAMENT LENGTH; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; VASCULARIZATION;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CADAVER; HUMANS;

EID: 33847410982     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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