Morphology of the femoral intercondylar notch

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2150-2155

  Farrow, Lutul D ^a   Chen, Michael R ^a   Cooperman, Daniel R ^a   Victoroff, Brian N ^a   Goodfellow, Donald B ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMORAL INTERCONDYLAR NOTCH; FEMUR; FEMUR CONDYLE; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; LATERAL INTERCONDYLAR RIDGE; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

EID: 35349031590     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.F.01191     Document Type: Article

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