The importance of subchondral bone in osteoarthrosis

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 256-262

  Burr, David B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; ENZYME; GROWTH FACTOR;

BONE PLATE; BONE REMODELING; BONE TURNOVER; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; SCLEROSIS; TRABECULAR BONE;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CYTOKINES; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS;

EID: 0031860152     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002281-199805000-00017     Document Type: Review

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