Histologic/histochemical grading system for osteoarthritic articular cartilage: Reproducibility and validity

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1766-1771

  Ostergaard, Keld ^a   Petersen, Jorgen ^a   Andersen, Claus B ^a   Benutzen, Klaus ^a   Salter, Donald M ^b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030869412     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780401007     Document Type: Article

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