Do cartilage repair procedures prevent degenerative meniscus changes?: Longitudinal T1p and morphological evaluation with 3.0-T MRI

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2700-2708

  Jungmann, Pia M ^a,b   Li, Xiaojuan ^a   Nardo, Lorenzo ^a   Subburaj, Karupppasamy ^a   Lin, Wilson ^a   Ma, C Benjamin ^a   Majumdar, Sharmila ^a   Link, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

3.0 T MRI; cartilage repair; meniscus; T1p; WORMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CHONDROPLASTY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROPLASTY, SUBCHONDRAL; BONE MARROW; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870570632     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546512461594     Document Type: Article

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