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01-02-2009 | Review

Developments in the clinical understanding of osteoarthritis

Author: David T Felson

Published in: Arthritis Research & Therapy | Issue 1/2009

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Abstract

With the recognition that osteoarthritis is a disease of the whole joint, attention has focused increasingly on features in the joint environment which cause ongoing joint damage and are likely sources of pain. This article reviews current ways of assessing osteoarthritis progression and what factors potentiate it, structural abnormalities that probably produce pain, new understandings of the genetics of osteoarthritis, and evaluations of new and old treatments.
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Metadata
Title
Developments in the clinical understanding of osteoarthritis
Author
David T Felson
Publication date
01-02-2009
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Arthritis Research & Therapy / Issue 1/2009
Electronic ISSN: 1478-6362
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/ar2531

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