Osteoarthritis as an organ disease: from the cradle to the grave

Considered for decades as a cartilage disease, recent studies of osteoarthritis (OA) take us back to the concepts discussed at the naming of the disorder as “bone-joint-inflammation”. By describing the joint as an organ, can OA be called an organ disease – similar to heart disease? Is there a system...

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Main Authors: RM Aspden, FR Saunders
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AO Research Institute Davos 2019-01-01
Series:European Cells & Materials
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Online Access:http://www.ecmjournal.org/papers/vol037/pdf/v037a06.pdf