Clinical Imaging
Volume 35, Issue 1 , Pages 42-48 , January 2011

Lateral ankle ligaments: MR arthrography with anatomic correlation in cadavers

  • Mayura Boonthathip

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Lerdsin General Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand 10500
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. 611 Fern Glen, San Diego, CA 92037, USA. Tel.: +1 858 459 9006.
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  • Lina Chen

      Affiliations

    • UCSD Teleradiology and Education Center, San Diego, CA 92122, USA
    • ,
  • Debra Trudell

      Affiliations

    • UCSD Teleradiology and Education Center, San Diego, CA 92122, USA
    • ,
  • Donald Resnick

      Affiliations

    • UCSD Teleradiology and Education Center, San Diego, CA 92122, USA

Received 2 November 2009 ,Accepted 9 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.12.022

Clinical Imaging
Volume 35, Issue 1 , Pages 42-48 , January 2011

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