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Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 82-87 , January 2010

Elevated osteopontin level of synovial fluid and articular cartilage is associated with disease severity in knee osteoarthritis patients

S.G. Gao
- Department of Orthopaedics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, # 87 Xiangya Road, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
- These authors contributed equally to this paper.
K.H. Li
- Department of Orthopaedics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, # 87 Xiangya Road, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
- These authors contributed equally to this paper.
K.B. Zeng
- Department of Orthopaedics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, # 87 Xiangya Road, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
- Department of Spinal Surgery, Central Hospital of Xiangtan, # 120 Heping Road, Xiangtan, Hunan 411100, China
M. Tu
- Department of Orthopaedics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, # 87 Xiangya Road, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
- Department of Orthopaedics, Second People Hospital of Jingmen, # 39 Xiangshan Road, Jingmen, Hubei 448000, China
M. Xu
- Department of Orthopaedics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, # 87 Xiangya Road, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
G.H. Lei
- Department of Orthopaedics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, # 87 Xiangya Road, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
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