Procollagen IIC-peptide as a marker for assessing mechanical risk factors of knee osteoarthritis: Effect of obesity and varus alignment

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 982-984

  Kobayashi, T ^a   Yoshihara, Y ^a   Yamada, H ^b   Fujikawa, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Second Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROCOLLAGEN; PROCOLLAGEN 2C PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VARUS DEFORMITY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PROCOLLAGEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0033638568     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.59.12.982     Document Type: Article

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