Is osteoarthritis a mechanical or inflammatory disease?
Traditionally considered "wear and tear" disease, the pathogenic mechanisms of osteoarthritis have not yet been elucidated. The increasing number of articles demonstrating the influence of inflammatory factors in the onset and progression of the disease currently raises great debate in the...
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Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia
2013-12-01
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Series: | Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162013000600471&lng=en&tlng=en |