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[X-ray diagnosis of retropatellar diseases (author's transl)]. 1979

B Wahlers

The article reports on a comprehensive, stepwise diagnosis in diseases of the knee joints. This includes a description of the indication, the technique of taking x-ray films, and x-ray findings, as well as arthrography of the femoropatellar joint in retropatellar diseases such as chondropathia patellae, osteochondrosis dissecans, traumas of the knee joints and arthrosis deformans.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007592	Joint Diseases	Diseases involving the JOINTS.	Arthropathies,Arthropathy,Joint Disease
D007719	Knee Joint	A synovial hinge connection formed between the bones of the FEMUR; TIBIA; and PATELLA.	Superior Tibiofibular Joint,Joint, Knee,Joint, Superior Tibiofibular,Knee Joints,Superior Tibiofibular Joints,Tibiofibular Joint, Superior
D010007	Osteochondritis	Inflammation of a bone and its overlaying CARTILAGE.	Meniscitis,Meniscitides,Osteochondritides
D010329	Patella	The flat, triangular bone situated at the anterior part of the KNEE.	Knee Cap,Kneecap,Knee Caps,Kneecaps,Patellas
D011859	Radiography	Examination of any part of the body for diagnostic purposes by means of X-RAYS or GAMMA RAYS, recording the image on a sensitized surface (such as photographic film).	Radiology, Diagnostic X-Ray,Roentgenography,X-Ray, Diagnostic,Diagnostic X-Ray,Diagnostic X-Ray Radiology,X-Ray Radiology, Diagnostic,Diagnostic X Ray,Diagnostic X Ray Radiology,Diagnostic X-Rays,Radiology, Diagnostic X Ray,X Ray Radiology, Diagnostic,X Ray, Diagnostic,X-Rays, Diagnostic
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man