Failure of sex to predict the size and shape of the knee

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2009, Pages 19-22

  Blaha, J David ^a   Mancinelli, Corrie A ^b   Overgaard, Kristi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR CONDYLE; GREATER TROCHANTER; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 73349141702     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.I.00563     Document Type: Article

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