title: Clinical relevance of bone marrow lesions in OA.
abstract: Advances in imaging have improved our understanding of the relationship between pathology and the structural changes to joints affected by osteoarthritis. New research indicates that subchondral bone marrow lesions might represent a potential imaging biomarker to quantify such structural changes.
authors.affiliation: Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, S702 Biomedical Science Tower, 3500 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. kwoh@pitt.edu
authors.forename: C Kent
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Kwoh
mesh_terms: D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology*; D001855:Bone Marrow Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007596:Joints / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D020370:Osteoarthritis, Knee / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology