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Generation and use of transgenic mice as models of osteoarthritis.
Methods in molecular medicine - 1 Jan 2004
Säämänen Anna-Marja, Vuorio Eero
Abstract excerpt
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. Consequently, no single animal model is likely to fulfil all the criteria of OA. The present chapter discusses the possibilities of using transgenic technologies for modification of the mouse genome to generate animal models of...
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