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Cellular and epigenetic features of a young healthy and a young osteoarthritic cartilage compared with aged control and OA cartilage
4 Nov 2008
Abstract excerpt
Osteoarthritis (OA) is generally a disease of the elderly population, but can occur in young patients in exceptional cases. This study compares the cellular and epigenetic features of primary old-age OA with those of secondary OA in a 23-year-old patient with developmental dysplasia of the hip. In addition, control cartilage from a 14-year-old was compared with that from patients with a fracture of the neck of...
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