Biomechanics and morphology of the medial collateral and anterior cruciate ligaments

Woo, S. L-Y.; Weiss, J. A.; MacKenna, D. A.

Affiliations

¹Division of Orthopaedics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego VA Medical Center and M & D Coutts Institute for Joint Reconstruction, La Jolla, California 92093, U.S.A.

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-3448-7_3

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