Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Based Assessment of Cartilage Loss in Severe Osteoarthritis: Accuracy, Precision, and Diagnostic Value

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2072-2077

  Burgkart, R ^a,d   Glaser, C ^b   Hyhlik Durr A ^b   Englmeier, K H ^c   Reiser, M ^b   Eckstein, F ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; TIBIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARTILAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIBIA;

EID: 0035463220     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(200109)44:9<2072::AID-ART357>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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