Radiographic Identification of the Primary Medial Knee Structures

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 521-529

  Wijdicks, Coen A ^a,b   Griffith, Chad J ^a,b   Laprade, Robert F ^a,b   Johansen, Steinar ^a,b   Sunderland, Adam ^a,b   Arendt, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Engebretsen, Lars ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

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EID: 62549091951     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.00909     Document Type: Article

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