Spontaneous osteonecrosis of the knee

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 324-329

  Takeda, M ^a   Higuchi, H ^a   Kimura, M ^a,b   Kobayashi, Y ^a,b   Terauchi, M ^a,c   Takagishi, K ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Zenshukai Hospital   (Japan)

^c Gunma Central General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEALING IMPAIRMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMED CONSENT; KNEE; KNEE OSTEONECROSIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDARTHROSIS; STAINING;

AGED; BONE MARROW; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 41149173705     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.90B3.18629     Document Type: Article

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