Bilateral dorsal defect of patellae with patellar hypoplasia and patellofemoral malalignment

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 369-372

  Huang, Yi Luan ^a,b   Yeh, Lee Ren ^a,b   Chen, Clement K H ^a,b   Pan, Huay Ben ^a,b   Yang, Chien Fang ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Computerized tomography; Dorsal defect of patella; Hypoplasia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Patella

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DORSAL DEFECT OF PATELLA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOGGING; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE DISLOCATION; KNEE PAIN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA DISLOCATION; PATELLA HYPOPLASIA; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT;

ADULT; BONE MALALIGNMENT; HUMANS; KNEE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATELLA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4544236908     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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