Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
Volume 17, Issue 10 , Pages 1297-1306 , October 2009

Cartilage damage in femoroacetabular impingement (FAI): preliminary results on comparison of standard diagnostic vs delayed gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of cartilage (dGEMRIC)

  • B. Bittersohl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to: Bernd Bittersohl, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Bern, Inselspital, 3010 Bern, Switzerland. Tel: 41-31-6323600.
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  • S. Steppacher

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland
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  • T. Haamberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland
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  • Y.-J. Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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  • S. Werlen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Sonnenhof Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
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  • M. Beck

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland
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  • K.A. Siebenrock

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland
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  • T.C. Mamisch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland
    • Department of Radiology, Sonnenhof Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

Received 23 October 2008 ,Accepted 12 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2009.04.016

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
Volume 17, Issue 10 , Pages 1297-1306 , October 2009

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