The relationship between meniscal tears and meniscal position

Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 315-323

  Allen, Deborah M ^a   Ling, Li ^b   Hunter, David J ^b   Crema, Michel D ^c   Marra, Monica D ^c   Guermazi, Ali ^c   Wyman, Brad T ^c   Hellio Graverand, Marie Pierre ^c   Englund, Martin ^d   Brandt, Kenneth D ^e  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

knee; magnetic resonance imaging; meniscal extrusion; meniscal position; meniscal subluxation; meniscal tear; osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993725041     PISSN: 1759720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1759720X10383198     Document Type: Article

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