Partial tear of the anterior cruciate ligament of the knee: Injury patterns on MR imaging

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 256-261

  van Dyck, Pieter ^a   de Smet, Eline ^a   Veryser, Jan ^b   Lambrecht, Valérie ^c   Gielen, Jan L ^a   Vanhoenacker, Filip M ^a,b   Dossche, Lieven ^a   Parizel, Paul M ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b AZ Onze Lieve Vrouw Ter Linden ^*  (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament Knee; Articular; Injury; Knee; Ligaments; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 84856105530     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1617-7     Document Type: Article

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