Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 329-335 , March 2010

Osteoarthritis may not be a one-way-road of cartilage loss – comparison of spatial patterns of cartilage change between osteoarthritic and healthy knees

  • R.J. Buck

      Affiliations

    • Pfizer Global Research and Development, New London, CT, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to: Robert J. Buck, StatAnswers Consulting LLC, 5392 Renaissance Ave, San Diego, CA 92122, United States. Tel/Fax: 1-858-412-6968.
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  • B.T. Wyman

      Affiliations

    • Pfizer Global Research and Development, New London, CT, USA
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  • M.-P. Hellio Le Graverand

      Affiliations

    • Pfizer Global Research and Development, New London, CT, USA
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  • M. Hudelmaier

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Anatomy & Musculoskeletal Research, Paracelsus Medical University (PMU), Salzburg, Austria
    • Chondrometrics GmbH, Ainring, Germany
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  • W. Wirth

      Affiliations

    • Chondrometrics GmbH, Ainring, Germany
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  • F. Eckstein

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Anatomy & Musculoskeletal Research, Paracelsus Medical University (PMU), Salzburg, Austria
    • Chondrometrics GmbH, Ainring, Germany
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  • for the A 9001140 investigators

Received 29 April 2009 ,Accepted 18 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2009.11.009

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 329-335 , March 2010

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