Association of changes in delayed gadolinium-enhanced MRI of cartilage (dGEMRIC) with changes in cartilage thickness in the medial tibiofemoral compartment of the knee: A 2 year follow-up study using 3.0 T MRI

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1935-1941

  Crema, Michel D ^a,b,c   Hunter, David J ^d   Burstein, Deborah ^e   Roemer, Frank W ^a,f   Li, Ling ^g   Eckstein, Felix ^h,i   Krishnan, Nitya ^e   Hellio Le Graverand, Marie Pierre ^j   Guermazi, Ali ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Boston Imaging Core Lab   (United States)

^c Hospital do Coracao HCor and Teleimagem   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^g NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

ⁱ Chondrometrics GmbH   (Germany)

^j PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC USE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PROTEOGLYCANS;

EID: 84881044833     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-203083     Document Type: Article

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