Patellar cartilage: T2 values and morphologic abnormalities at 3.0-T MR imaging in relation to physical activity in asymptomatic subjects from the osteoarthritis initiative.

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Published in Radiology on December 17, 2009

Authors

Christoph Stehling1, Hans Liebl, Roland Krug, Nancy E Lane, Michael C Nevitt, John Lynch, Charles E McCulloch, Thomas M Link

Author Affiliations

1: Musculoskeletal and Quantitative Imaging Group, Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco, 185 Berry St, Suite 350, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. christoph.stehling@radiology.ucsf.edu

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