The Knee
Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 271-277 , August 2011

Human fetal anatomy of the posterior semimembranosus complex at the knee with special reference to the gastrocnemio-semimembranosus bursa

  • Takuo Nakamura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy School of Health Sciences, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +81 11 611 2150.
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  • Daisuke Suzuki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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  • Gen Murakami

      Affiliations

    • Division of Internal Medicine and Rehabilitation, Iwamizawa Kojinkai Hospital, Iwamizawa, Japan
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  • Baik Hwan Cho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea
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  • Mineko Fujimiya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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  • Naoki Kozuka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy School of Health Sciences, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan

Received 15 November 2009 ,Revised 17 May 2010 ,Accepted 17 May 2010.

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PII: S0968-0160(10)00114-6

doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2010.05.010

The Knee
Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 271-277 , August 2011

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