Purpose: Age-dependent studies about the clinical result after microfracture of cartilage
lesions in the knee are still missing. This prospective study was performed to discover age-…

OBJECTIVE. This study investigated the hypothesis that high-resolution MRI can reveal
mural inflammatory changes of the superficial temporal artery in giant cell arteritis (GCA). …

Severe osteoporosis frequently is observed after organ transplantation. In kidney transplantation,
it adds to pre-existing renal bone disease and strategies to prevent osteoporosis are …

Wegener granulomatosis is a multisystem disease of unknown cause characterized by a
necrotizing granulomatous vasculitis. In comparison to other vasculitides, the lung is the most …

Purpose: We sought to evaluate diffusion and perfusion weighted 1.5 T magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) in detecting tumor necrosis with histologic correlation after preoperative …

Background: Autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) represents an established surgical
therapy for large cartilage defects of the knee joint. Although various studies report satisfying …

The transcription factor family of nuclear factor I (NFI) proteins is encoded by four closely
related genes: Nfia, Nfib, Nfic, and Nfix. A potential role for NFI proteins in regulating …

To compare the diagnostic value of whole-body MRI versus radiological skeletal survey (RSS)
in staging patients with plasma cell neoplasms (PCN) and to evaluate the possible …

Background During successful chemotherapy of osteosarcomas tumour size does not
diminish significantly because the therapy has limited impact on the mineralized matrix of the …

Purpose: To assess pulmonary abnormalities in patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome (PSS)
using high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT). Material and methods: The HRCT …