Commentary: Is It Useful to Subset “Primary” Osteoarthritis? A Critique Based on Evidence Regarding the Etiopathogenesis of Osteoarthritis
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Primary Osteoarthritis No Longer Primary: Three Subsets with Distinct Etiological, Clinical, and Therapeutic Characteristics
, 10 July 2009
Gabriel Herrero-Beaumont, Jorge A. Roman-Blas, Santos Castañeda, Sergio A. Jimenez
Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism
October 2009 (Vol. 39, Issue 2, Pages 71-80) Abstract |
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aClinical Professor of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Fairway, KS
bChair in Clinical Education Research, Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, Plymouth, England
cProfessor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine, Marion, MA
Address reprint requests to: Kenneth D. Brandt, MD, 5755 Windsor Drive, Fairway, Kansas 66205
Some of the thoughts expressed in this article are included in the chapter, “Neuromuscular Aspects of Osteoarthritis,” by KDB that is to be published in 2009 by Wiley-Blackwell in the book, Osteoarthritis Pain, edited by DT Felson and H-G Schaible, and the chapter, “Etiopathogenesis of Osteoarthritis,” by KDB, PD, and ELR that was published recently in Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America (2008;34:531-59).
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The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
