Correlation and sex differences between ankle and knee cartilage morphology determined by quantitative magnetic resonance imaging

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1490-1495

  Eckstein, Felix ^a,c   Siedek, V ^b   Glaser, C ^d   Al Ali, D ^b   Englmeier, K H ^e   Reiser, M ^d   Graichen, H ^f  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^f GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ANKLE CARTILAGE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE CARTILAGE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBTALAR JOINT; THICKNESS;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 7244239160     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2003.018226     Document Type: Article

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