MR diagnosis of meniscal tears of the knee: Analysis of error patterns

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 849-854

  Dyck, Pieter ^a,b   Gielen, Jan ^a   D'Anvers, Jan ^a   Vanhoenacker, Filip ^b   Dossche, Lieven ^a   Gestel, Jozef ^a   Parizel, Paul M ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Department of Radiology ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Knee; Menisci; MRimaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENISCECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 35248872972     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-007-0318-7     Document Type: Article

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