Cartilage and Osteoarthritis (Methods in Molecular Medicine)
Contributors: Frédéric De Ceuninck (Editor); Massimo Sabatini (Editor); Philippe Pastoureau (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: August 4, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9781588295057
Subjects: Orthopaedics & fractures; Rheumatology; Laboratory manuals; Consumer Health; pathology; Medical; Osteoarthritis; Diseases - Nervous System (incl. Brain); Orthopedics; Medical / Orthopedics; Chondrocytes; Cartilage cells
First sentence: The term osteoarthritis (OA) represents a group of diseases characterized by gradual degradation of articular cartilage and a number of associated degenerative processes within the joint.