Commentary: Is It Useful to Subset "Primary" Osteoarthritis? A Critique Based on Evidence Regarding the Etiopathogenesis of Osteoarthritis

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 81-95

  Brandt, Kenneth D ^a   Dieppe, Paul ^b   Radin, Eric L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL;

ADDUCTION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROPATHY; BONE; BONE REMODELING; CARTILAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; JOINT DEGENERATION; JOINT INJURY; JOINT SWELLING; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOTOMY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYMPTOM; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RABBITS; STIFLE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 70349395238     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2009.06.001     Document Type: Letter

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