Clinical course of knees with asymptomatic meniscal abnormalities: Findings at 2-year follow-up after MR imaging-based diagnosis

Radiology

Volumn 237, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 993-997

  Zanetti, Marco ^a   Pfirrmann, Christian W A ^a   Schmid, Marius R ^a   Romero, José ^a   Seifert, Burkhardt ^b   Hodler, Juerg ^a  

^a ORTHOPEDIC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BALGRIST   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGIDITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 27744583928     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373041465     Document Type: Article

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