The femoral insertion of the anterior cruciate ligament: Discrepancy between macroscopic and histological observations

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1135-1146

  Sasaki, Norihiro ^a   Ishibashi, Yasuyuki ^a   Tsuda, Eiichi ^a   Yamamoto, Yuji ^a   Maeda, Shugo ^a   Mizukami, Hiroki ^b   Toh, Satoshi ^a   Yagihashi, Soroku ^b   Tonosaki, Yoshikazu ^b  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CADAVER; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MALE; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CADAVER; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84864490837     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: 15263231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2011.12.021     Document Type: Article

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