How important is MRI for detecting early osteoarthritis?

Nature Clinical Practice Rheumatology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-5

  Ding, Changhai ^a   Cicuttini, Flavia ^b   Jones, Graeme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GADOLINIUM; PROTEOGLYCAN;

BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MARROW DISEASE; CHONDROLYSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TIME; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CARTILAGE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS;

EID: 38049083368     PISSN: 17458382     EISSN: 17458390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncprheum0676     Document Type: Review

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