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Osteoarthritis (degenerative joint disease) is the commonest form of joint disease and, along with soft-tissue rheumatism, accounts for the majority of patients with ‘rheumatism’ appearing at the surgery. It is therefore very important to know about this condition — often untaught (or only touched on) in medical school. Owing to recent knowledge of the aetiology and pathogenesis the rationale of treatment of osteoarthritis is steadily improving.
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Golding, D.N. (1981). Osteoarthritis. In: Problems in Arthritis and Rheumatism. Problems in Practice Series, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8057-0_7
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