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

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Washington, DC, : IOS Press, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (316 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.7/223007548
• Soggetto topico: Biochemical markers; Osteoarthritis
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BuckwalterJoseph A LotzMartin (Martin K.) StoltzJ. F
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Osteoarthritis, inflammation and degradation
• ISBN: 6611733566; 1-281-73356-3; 9786611733568; 1-60750-265-8; 600-00-0512-1; 1-4356-2516-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452455103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Biomedical and health research ; ; v. 70.