Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 336-343 , March 2010

The association of prevalent medial meniscal pathology with cartilage loss in the medial tibiofemoral compartment over a 2-year period

  • M.D. Crema

      Affiliations

    • Quantitative Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    • Boston Imaging Core Lab (BICL), Boston, MA, USA
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Radiology Division, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
    • Department of Biomechanics, Medicine, and Rehabilitation of the Locomotor Apparatus, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to: Michel D. Crema, Department of Radiology, Quantitative Imaging Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 820 Harrison Avenue, FGH Building, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02118, USA. Tel: 1-617-414-3893; Fax: 1-617-638-6616.
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  • A. Guermazi

      Affiliations

    • Quantitative Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    • Boston Imaging Core Lab (BICL), Boston, MA, USA
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  • L. Li

      Affiliations

    • Division of Research, New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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  • M.H. Nogueira-Barbosa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Radiology Division, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
    • Department of Biomechanics, Medicine, and Rehabilitation of the Locomotor Apparatus, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • M.D. Marra

      Affiliations

    • Quantitative Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    • Boston Imaging Core Lab (BICL), Boston, MA, USA
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  • F.W. Roemer

      Affiliations

    • Quantitative Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    • Boston Imaging Core Lab (BICL), Boston, MA, USA
    • Department of Radiology, Klinikum Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
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  • F. Eckstein

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Anatomy and Musculoskeletal Research, Paracelsus Medical University (PMU), Salzburg, Austria & Chondrometrics GmbH, Ainring, Germany
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  • M.P. Hellio Le Graverand

      Affiliations

    • Pfizer Global Research and Development, New London, CT, USA
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  • B.T. Wyman

      Affiliations

    • Pfizer Global Research and Development, New London, CT, USA
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  • D.J. Hunter

      Affiliations

    • Division of Research, New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

Received 4 July 2009 ,Accepted 1 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2009.11.003

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 336-343 , March 2010

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