Magnetic resonance imaging in the assessment of meniscal anatomic variants and of the perimeniscal ligamentous anatomy: Potential interpretation pitfalls;Ressonância magnética na avaliação das variações anatômicas meniscais e da anatomia ligamentar perimeniscal: Potenciais causas de erro de interpretação

Radiologia Brasileira

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 117-122

  Simão, Marcelo Novelino ^a   Nogueira Barbosa, Marcello Henrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anatomic variants; Discoid meniscus; Knee; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958058376     PISSN: 01003984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-39842011000200012     Document Type: Review

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