Meniscus pathology, osteoarthritis and the treatment controversy

Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 412-419

  Englund, Martin ^a   Roemer, Frank W ^b   Hayashi, Daichi ^c   Crema, Michel D ^c   Guermazi, Ali ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; INCIDENCE; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MENISCAL REPAIR; MENISCECTOMY; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNDROME DELINEATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ARTHRALGIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RUPTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84863446243     PISSN: 17594790     EISSN: 17594804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrrheum.2012.69     Document Type: Article

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