Degree of synovitis on MRI by comprehensive whole knee semi-quantitative scoring method correlates with histologic and macroscopic features of synovial tissue inflammation in knee osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1606-1613

  De Lange Brokaar, B J E ^a   Ioan Facsinay, A ^a   Yusuf, E ^a   Visser, A W ^a   Kroon, H M ^a   Andersen, S N ^a   Herb van Toorn, L ^a   van Osch, G J V M ^b   Zuurmond, A M ^c   Stojanovic Susulic, V ^d   Bloem, J L ^a   Nelissen, R G H H ^a   Huizinga, T W J ^a   Kloppenburg, M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Macroscopy; MRI; Osteoarthritis; Synovial tissue; Synovitis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FIBRIN DEPOSITION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; JOINT BIOPSY; KELLGREN LAWRENCE SCALE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN SEVERITY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SYNOVITIS; SYNOVIUM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; X RAY FILM; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; INFLAMMATION; KNEE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGERY;

AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 84908246310     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: 15229653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2013.12.013     Document Type: Article

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