Users of oestrogen replacement therapy have more knee cartilage than non-users

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 332-336

  Wluka, A E ^a   Davis, S R ^b   Bailey, M ^a   Stuckey, S L ^c   Cicuttini, F M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Australia)

^b Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNEE; LONG TERM CARE; MENOPAUSE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SMOKING;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KNEE JOINT; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POSTMENOPAUSE; SMOKING;

EID: 0035074576     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.60.4.332     Document Type: Article

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