Comparing non-enhanced and enhanced sequences in the assessment of effusion and synovitis in knee OA: Associations with clinical, macroscopic and microscopic features

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1433-1439

  Loeuille, D ^a   Sauliere, N ^b   Champigneulle, J ^b   Rat, A C ^b   Blum, A ^c   Chary Valckenaere, I ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

Joint effusion; MRI; Synovitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; JOINT BIOPSY; JOINT EFFUSION; JOINT IRRIGATION; JOINT VOLUME MEASUREMENT; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LAVAGE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYNOVITIS; SYNOVIUM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ARTHROSCOPY; BIOPSY; CONTRAST MEDIA; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PARACENTESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 82955171671     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: 15229653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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