Ochronotic arthropathy: Pathological evidence of acute destruction of the hip joint

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1189-1191

  Shimizu, Ichiro ^a   Hamada, Tetsuo ^a   Khalpey, Zain ^b   Miyanishi, Keita ^a   Hara, Toshihiko ^a  

^a KYUSHU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcaptonuria; Fibrillation; Ochronosis; Ochronotic arthropathy

Indexed keywords

PROTEOGLYCAN;

AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIP DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT DEGENERATION; JOINT DESTRUCTION; OCHRONOSIS; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ALCIAN BLUE; ALKAPTONURIA; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; OCHRONOSIS; PROTEOGLYCANS;

EID: 34249874580     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-006-0326-y     Document Type: Article

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