Glucosamine for osteoarthritis of the knee

Australian Prescriber

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  McColl, Geoff ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Complementary medicine

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSAMINE; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2942620120     PISSN: 03128008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18773/austprescr.2004.055     Document Type: Review

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