Bone marrow edema seen in MRI of osteoarthritic knees is a microfracture

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 754-755

  Kesemenli, C C ^a   Memisoglu, K ^a   Muezzinoglu, U S ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE CANCER; BONE INFECTION; BONE INJURY; BONE MARROW EDEMA; BONE NECROSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; LETTER; MICROFRACTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARUS KNEE;

BONE MARROW DISEASES; EDEMA; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE;

VALGUS;

EID: 63149167922     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.01.018     Document Type: Letter

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