Association between mechanical axis of the leg and osteochondritis dissecans of the knee: Radiographic study on 103 knees

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1425-1428

  Jacobi, Matthias ^a   Wahl, Peter ^a   Bouaicha, Samy ^a   Jakob, Roland P ^b   Gautier, Emanuel ^a  

^a Hopital Cantonal de Fribourg   (Switzerland)

^b Spital Tafers ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

etiology; mechanical axis; osteochondritis dissecans

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KNEE; LEG; MALE; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; LEG; MALE; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954327082     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509359070     Document Type: Article

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