Article
Yet more evidence that osteoarthritis is not a cartilage disease.
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (impact factor:
8.73).
11/2006;
65(10):1261-4.
DOI:10.1136/ard.2006.058347
pp.1261-4
Source: PubMed
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