Anterior cruciate ligament tear

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 360, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1463-

  Maffulli, Nicola ^a   Longo, Umile Giuseppe ^b   Denaro, Vincenzo ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; LETTER; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; NOTE; PLASTIC SURGERY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 63849288814     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc082471     Document Type: Letter

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