Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
Volume 17, Issue 7 , Pages 891-895 , July 2009

Confirmation of two major polyarticular osteoarthritis (POA) phenotypes – differentiation on the basis of joint topography

  • G.J. Carroll

      Affiliations

    • ArthroCare Pty Ltd, Australia
    • University of Notre Dame, Australia
    • University of Western Australia, Australia
    • Department of Rheumatology, Fremantle Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to: Dr Graeme J. Carroll, ArthroCare Pty Ltd, PO Box 6, Mount Lawley, Western Australia 6929, Australia. Tel: 61-8-92716306; Fax: 61-8-93703957.
    • ,
  • W.H. Breidahl

      Affiliations

    • Royal Perth Hospital, Australia
    • Perth Radiological Clinic, Australia
    • ,
  • J. Jazayeri

      Affiliations

    • Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Action, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Monash University, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia

Received 29 August 2008 ,Accepted 8 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2009.01.003

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
Volume 17, Issue 7 , Pages 891-895 , July 2009

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