Synovitis in knee osteoarthritis: A precursor of disease?

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 390-395

  Atukorala, I ^a,b   Kwoh, C K ^c   Guermazi, A ^d   Roemer, F W ^d,e   Boudreau, R M ^f   Hannon, M J ^f   Hunter, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EFFUSION SYNOVITIS; FEMALE; HOFFA SYNOVITIS; HUMAN; JOINT EFFUSION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYNOVITIS; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 84954361829     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-205894     Document Type: Article

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