Recent studies on methods of detecting the early onset of arthritic cartilage degradation using NMR-based techniques have shown that such detection is possible. The use of sodium NMR observations, along with an ideal Donnan single compartment model of cartilage, has already been validated as a means of measuring cartilage fixed charge density a known indicator of cartilage condition. Similar ca...

Clopidogrel Plus Aspirin Versus Warfarin in Patients With Stroke and Aortic Arch Plaques Pierre Amarenco, MD; Stephen Davis, MD; Elizabeth F. Jones, MD, PhD; Ariel A. Cohen, MD, PhD; Wolf-Dieter Heiss, MD; Markku Kaste, MD; Cédric Laouénan, MD; Dennis Young; Malcolm Macleod, MD, PhD, FRCP; Geoffrey A. Donnan, MD; The Aortic Arch Related Cerebral Hazard Trial Investigators .........................