Ankle osteoarthritis: Etiology, diagnostics, and classification

Foot and Ankle Clinics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 411-426

  Barg, Alexej ^a,b   Pagenstert, Geert I ^a   Hügle, Thomas ^a   Gloyer, Marcel ^a   Wiewiorski, Martin ^a,c   Henninger, Heath B ^b   Valderrabano, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b University of Utah   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle osteoarthritis; Classification of ankle osteoarthritis; Diagnostics of ankle osteoarthritis; Etiology of ankle osteoarthritis; Posttraumatic ankle osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOLOGY;

ANKLE JOINT; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS;

EID: 84883298832     PISSN: 10837515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcl.2013.06.001     Document Type: Review

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