Why radiography should no longer be considered a surrogate outcome measure for longitudinal assessment of cartilage in knee osteoarthritis

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Guermazi, Ali ^a   Roemer, Frank W ^a   Burstein, Deborah ^b   Hayashi, Daichi ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYALINE CARTILAGE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT CAVITY; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); KNEE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME;

CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 82555183575     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar3488     Document Type: Review

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