Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 233-240 , March 2012

In end stage osteoarthritis, cartilage tissue pentosidine levels are inversely related to parameters of cartilage damage

  • P.A.J.M. Vos

      Affiliations

    • Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, PO Box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • Rheumatology, Amphia Ziekenhuis Breda, PO Box 90157, 4800 RL Breda, The Netherlands
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  • S.C. Mastbergen

      Affiliations

    • Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, PO Box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • A.M. Huisman

      Affiliations

    • Rheumatology, Sint Fransciscus Gasthuis, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • T.N. de Boer

      Affiliations

    • Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, PO Box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • J. DeGroot

      Affiliations

    • Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research TNO, PO Box 360, 3700 AJ Zeist, The Netherlands
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  • A.A. Polak

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics, Sint Fransciscus Gasthuis, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • F.P.J.G. Lafeber

      Affiliations

    • Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, PO Box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to: F.P.J.G. Lafeber, Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology (F02.127), University Medical Centre Utrecht, PO Box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands. Tel: 31-88-5558521; Fax: 31-30-2523741.

Received 3 August 2011 ,Accepted 15 December 2011.

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PII: S1063-4584(11)00349-9

doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2011.12.007

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 233-240 , March 2012