Chondrocyte hypertrophy and osteoarthritis: role in initiation and progression of cartilage degeneration?

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage - Tập 20 Số 3 - Trang 223-232 - 2012
P.M. van der Kraan1, Wim B. van den Berg1
1Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University, Medical Centre, Geert Grooteplein 28, 6525 Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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