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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452455103321

Titolo

Osteoarthritis, inflammation and degradation [[electronic resource] ] : a continuum / / edited by Joseph A. Buckwalter, Martin Lotz and Jean-François Stoltz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Washington, DC, : IOS Press, c2007

ISBN

6611733566

1-281-73356-3

9786611733568

1-60750-265-8

600-00-0512-1

1-4356-2516-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (316 p.)

Collana

Biomedical and health research, , 0929-6743 ; ; v. 70

Altri autori (Persone)

BuckwalterJoseph A

LotzMartin (Martin K.)

StoltzJ. F

Disciplina

616.7/223007548

Soggetti

Biochemical markers

Osteoarthritis

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; Preface; Acknowledgments and Contributors; Contents; Extra Cellular Stimuli; Signalling Mechanisms; Effectors and Different Pathways; Imaging and Clinical Applications; Author Index

Sommario/riassunto

Osteoarthritis is a major public health issue due to its impact in term of handicap. Moreover, ageing of the world population and outbreak of obesity in industrialized and non-industrialized countries will dramatically increase its incidence in the next years. Regarded as a multi-factorial disease, today mechanistic and inflammatory theories are no more opposed but, on the contrary, are framed within the same continuum: osteoarthritis, inflammation and degeneration.In order to collect major information in a benchmark book on the fundamental aspects of this disease, internationally well-known a