The Knee
Volume 14, Issue 2 , Pages 112-116 , March 2007

Early MRI diagnosis and non-surgical management of spontaneous osteonecrosis of the knee

Received 1 September 2006 ,Revised 15 October 2006 ,Accepted 28 October 2006.

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☆ Investigation performed at North Hampshire Hospital, Basingstoke, UK.

PII: S0968-0160(06)00189-X

doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2006.10.012

The Knee
Volume 14, Issue 2 , Pages 112-116 , March 2007

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