Anatomical significance of a posterior horn of medial meniscus: The relationship between its radial tear and cartilage degradation of joint surface

Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation, Therapy and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Kan, Akinori ^a   Oshida, Midori ^b   Oshida, Shigemi ^c   Imada, Masato ^c   Nakagawa, Takumi ^a   Okinaga, Shuji ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO TEISHIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CADAVER; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POSTERIOR HORN OF MEDIAL MENISCUS; RADIAL TEAR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 79954562698     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-2555-2-1     Document Type: Article

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