Bone marrow lesions predict site-specific cartilage defect development and volume loss: A prospective study in older adults

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Dore, Dawn ^a   Martens, Ashleigh ^a   Quinn, Stephen ^a   Ding, Changhai ^a,b   Winzenberg, Tania ^a   Zhai, Guangju ^c   Pelletier, Jean Pierre ^d   Martel Pelletier, Johanne ^d   Abram, François ^e   Cicuttini, Flavia ^b   Jones, Graeme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE LESION; BONE MARROW; CHONDROPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; KNEE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOLYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIBIA; BONE MARROW DISEASE; CARTILAGE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW DISEASES; CARTILAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE;

EID: 78650628722     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar3209     Document Type: Article

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