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Confirmation of two major polyarticular osteoarthritis (POA) phenotypes--differentiation on the basis of joint topography.
Osteoarthritis and cartilage - 1 Jul 2009
Carroll G J, Breidahl W H, Jazayeri J
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OBJECTIVES: Previous studies of patients with primary hand and ankle osteoarthritis (OA) have suggested the presence of two major polyarticular OA (POA) phenotypes, designated Type 1 and Type 2. The former, characterised by sentinel distal interphalangeal (IP) (DIP) or proximal IP (PIP) joint OA resembles generalised OA (GOA), whereas the latter characterised by sentinel metacarpophalangeal (MCP)2,3 OA, resembles...
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