The association of meniscal pathologic changes with cartilage loss in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis.

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Published in Arthritis Rheum on March 01, 2006

Authors

D J Hunter1, Y Q Zhang, J B Niu, X Tu, S Amin, M Clancy, A Guermazi, M Grigorian, D Gale, D T Felson

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1: Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. djhunter@bu.edu

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