"If it feels good, do it": Use of glucosamine sulfate to prevent the progression of osteoarthritis in postmenopausal women

Menopause

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 134-135

  Einhorn, Thomas A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSAMINE SULFATE; HYALURONIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; GLUCOSAMINE;

BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GLUCOSAMINE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTMENOPAUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2342467428     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.GME.0000119101.14801.67     Document Type: Editorial

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