Editorial: Gender differences in osteoarthritis

Menopause

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 624-625

  Price, Mark D ^a   Herndon, James H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LIFESTYLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPHYTE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; CHONDROPATHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; KNEE INJURY; MALE; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CARTILAGE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 68449104261     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3181a5c9e6     Document Type: Editorial

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