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Osteoarthritis, Inflammation, and Degradation : a Continuum /

Osteoarthritis is a major public health issue due to its impact in term of handicap. Moreover, ageing of the world population and outbreak of obesity in industrialized and non-industrialized countries will dramatically increase its incidence in the next years. Regarded as a multi-factorial disease,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: IOS Press
Otros Autores: Buckwalter, Joseph A., Lotz, Martin (Martin K.), Stoltz, J. F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Washington, DC : IOS Press, ©2007.
Colección:Biomedical and health research ; v. 70.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Osteoarthritis is a major public health issue due to its impact in term of handicap. Moreover, ageing of the world population and outbreak of obesity in industrialized and non-industrialized countries will dramatically increase its incidence in the next years. Regarded as a multi-factorial disease, today mechanistic and inflammatory theories are no more opposed but, on the contrary, are framed within the same continuum: osteoarthritis, inflammation and degeneration. In order to collect major information in a benchmark book on the fundamental aspects of this disease, internationally well-known a.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 299 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781607502654
1607502658
9781435625167
1435625161
9781433711411
1433711419
ISSN:0929-6743 ;