Bone marrow lesions in the knee: The clinical conundrum

International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 196-202

  Bassiouni, Hassan M ^a  

^a AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bone marrow lesions; Knee MRI; Knee osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MARROW EDEMA; BONE MARROW LESIONS; BONE MARROW NECROSIS; BONE PLATE; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CHONDROMATOSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FAT INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HIP; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MYELOFIBROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

BONE MARROW; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77955376635     PISSN: 17561841     EISSN: 1756185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-185X.2010.01539.x     Document Type: Review

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