Why is osteoarthritis an age-related disease?
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Nodal generalised osteoarthritis is an autoimmune disease.
response of articular tissues to extrinsic or intrinsic insult, or both.4 5 The recognised synthetic activity of osteoarthritic tissues," the radiographic remodelling and favourable outcdone seen in many patients with OA,7-9 and the prevalence of asymptomatic 'disease'3 10 11 support the concept of OA as a repair process.4'5 Like any repair process, OA may succeed or fail when responding to a v...
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عنوان ژورنال: Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1521-6942
DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2009.08.006