Why is osteoarthritis an age-related disease?

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-26

  Shane Anderson, A ^a   Loeser, Richard F ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ageing; articular cartilage; cell senescence; elderly; menisci; osteoarthritis; oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ARTHRALGIA; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE CELL; CARTILAGE MATRIX; CELL AGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HAND DISEASE; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE;

AGED; AGING; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CELL AGING; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 74549220692     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2009.08.006     Document Type: Review

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