Gender differences in knee joint cartilage thickness, volume and articular surface areas: Assessment with quantitative three-dimensional MR imaging

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 144-150

  Faber, S C ^a   Eckstein, F ^b   Lukasz, S ^a   Muhlbauer R ^a   Hohe, J ^b   Englmeier, K H ^c   Reiser, M ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Cartilage thickness; Gender; Joint surface area; Knee joint; MR imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIPHYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR CONDYLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIBIA;

ADULT; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0035072561     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002560000320     Document Type: Article

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