Importance of subchondral bone to articular cartilage in health and disease

Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 180-192

  Imhof, H ^a   Breitenseher, M ^a   Kainberger, F ^a   Rand, T ^a   Trattnig, S ^a  

^a UNIV KLIN FÜR RADIODIAGNOSTIK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Degeneration; Hyaline cartilage; Osteochondritis dissecans; Pathophysiology; Subchondral bone

Indexed keywords

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE PLATE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0032749266     PISSN: 08993459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002142-199906000-00002     Document Type: Review

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