Site specific osteoarthritis and the index to ring finger length ratio

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 354-357

  Ferraro, B ^a,b   Wilder, F V ^a,c   Leaverton, P E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Arthritis Research Institute of America   (United States)

Author keywords

Digit ratio; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDEX TO RING FINGER LENGTH RATIO; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; FINGERS; HAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 76549092738     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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