Osteoarthritis chondrocytes die by apoptosis: A possible pathway for osteoarthritis pathology

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 284-289

  Blanco, Francisco J ^a,c   Guitian, Ramón ^b   Vázquez Martul, Eduardo ^a   De Toro, Francisco J ^a   Galdo, Fausto ^a  

^a HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

^b Hospital Canalejo   (Spain)

^c Servicio de Reumatologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DEGRADATION; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTER; HUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APOPTOSIS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CELL DEATH; CHONDROCYTES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0031886742     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199802)41:2<284::AID-ART12>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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