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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Main Authors: Marcia Uchoa de Rezend, Gustavo Constantino de Campos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia 2013-12-01
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