Response to letter: Static knee alignment and its association with radiographic knee osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 846-847

  Kraus, V B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LETTER; OBESITY; OSTEOPHYTE; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; VALGUS KNEE;

EID: 34250216996     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2007.02.018     Document Type: Letter

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