Does cartilage volume or thickness distinguish knees with and without mild radiographic osteoarthritis? The Framingham Study

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 143-149

  Reichenbach, S ^a   Yang, M ^a   Eckstein, F ^b,c   Niu, J ^a   Hunter, D J ^a,d   McLennan, C E ^d   Guermazi, A ^a   Roemer, F ^a   Hudelmaier, M ^b   Aliabadi, P ^e   Felson, D T ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c Chondrometrics GmbH   (Germany)

^d NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EROSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THICKNESS;

CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 73449096433     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2008.099200     Document Type: Article

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