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Association of the calcitonin gene (CA) polymorphism with osteoarthritis of the knee in a Mexican mestizo population.
The Knee - 1 Mar 2010
Magaña J J, Gálvez-Rosas A, González-Huerta C, Duarte-Salazár C, Lara-Alvarado L, Soria-Bastida M A, Cortés-González S, Miranda-Duarte A
Abstract excerpt
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of destructive joint disease that is characterized by the degeneration of the articular cartilage, synovial membrane, joint capsule, and subchondral bone. The knee is a joint commonly affected for OA. Calcitonin (CT) has been suggested to have chondropr...
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