Delayed gadolinium-enhanced MRI of cartilage (dGEMRIC) shows no change in cartilage structural composition after viscosupplementation in patients with early-stage knee osteoarthritis

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Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Van Tiel, Jasper ^a   Reijman, Max ^a   Bos, Pieter K ^a   Hermans, Job ^a   Van Buul, Gerben M ^a   Bron, Esther E ^a   Klein, Stefan ^a   Verhaar, Jan A N ^a   Krestin, Gabriel P ^a   Bierma Zeinstra, Sita M A ^a   Weinans, Harrie ^a,b   Kotek, Gyula ^a   Oei, Edwin H G ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN POLYSULFATE; HYALURONIC ACID; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNEE INJURY AND OSTEOARTHRITIS OUTCOME SCORE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISCOSUPPLEMENTATION;

CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCOSUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84892398149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079785     Document Type: Article

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