Development of the meniscus of the knee joint in human fetuses

Congenital Anomalies

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-32

  Fukazawa, Ikuo ^a   Hatta, Toshihisa ^b   Uchio, Yuji ^a   Otani, Hiroki ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Development; Discoid meniscus; Human fetus; Knee joint; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GESTATION PERIOD; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE MENISCUS; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; COLLAGEN; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED;

DISCOIDAE;

EID: 60349089964     PISSN: 09143505     EISSN: 17414520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-4520.2008.00216.x     Document Type: Article

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