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. 2012 Feb;8(1):4-6.
doi: 10.1007/s11420-011-9248-6. Epub 2012 Feb 23.

Osteoarthritis as a whole joint disease

A Robin Poole  1
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Osteoarthritis as a whole joint disease

A Robin Poole. HSS J. 2012 Feb.
No abstract available

Keywords: Anesthesiology; Imaging / Radiology; Medicine & Public Health; Orthopedics; Rheumatology; Sports Medicine; Surgical Orthopedics; bone; cartilage; enthuses; fat pad; ligaments; meniscus; pain; synovial fluid; synovium.

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Osteoarthritis is manifested by changes in all the tissues in the joint. Reprinted with permission from A.R. Poole, F. Guilak, S.B. Abramson, Etiopathogenesis of osteoarthritis in Osteoarthritis, Diagnosis and Medical management, 4th. edition, R.W. Moscowitz, R.D. Altman, M.C. Hochberg, J.A. Buckwalter, V.M.Goldberg, eds., Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, pp. 27–49, 2007
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