Is osteoarthritis a disease involving only cartilage or other articular tissues?;Osteoartrit sadece kıkırdak ya da diger artikuler dokuları iceren bir hastalık mıdır?

Eklem Hastaliklari ve Cerrahisi

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-14

  Martel Pelletier, Johanne ^a   Pelletier, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Magnetic resonance imaging; Osteoarthritis; Subchondral cyst; Synovial membrane

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955812504     PISSN: 13058282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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