Prevalent cartilage damage and cartilage loss over time are associated with incident bone marrow lesions in the tibiofemoral compartments: The MOST study

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 306-313

  Crema, M D ^a,b   Felson, D T ^a   Roemer, F W ^a,c   Wang, K ^a   Marra, M D ^a   Nevitt, M C ^d   Lynch, J A ^d   Torner, J ^e   Lewis, C E ^f   Guermazi, A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Hospital do Coracao HCor and Teleimagem   (Brazil)

^c KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Cartilage; Knee; Magnetic resonance imaging; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE INJURY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; BONE MARROW DISEASES; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIBIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84872664420     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: 15229653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2012.11.005     Document Type: Article

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