Meniscal Gymnastics: Common and Uncommon Locations of Meniscal Flip and Flop

Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-25

  Fodor, Daniel W ^a   Vagal, Achala S ^a   Wissman, Robert D ^a   Choe, Kyuran A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENISCI, TIBIAL;

EID: 36549046466     PISSN: 03630188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2007.05.002     Document Type: Review

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