Determinants of change in patella cartilage volume in healthy subjects

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1658-1661

  Hanna, Fahad ^a,b   Wluka, Anita E ^a   Ebeling, Peter R ^c   O'Sullivan, Richard ^d   Davis, Susan R ^b   Cicuttini, Flavia M ^a,e  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Australia)

^b NHMRC Centre for Clinical Research Excellence for the Study of Women's Health   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d EPWORTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cartilage volume; Healthy women; Prospective cohort

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARTILAGE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TIBIA;

AGING; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PATELLA;

EID: 33746700775     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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