Erschienen in:
01.02.2012 | HSS Osteoarthritis Symposium: Frontiers in OA
Pathologic and Pathogenic Processes in Osteoarthritis: The Effects of Synovitis
verfasst von:
Carla R. Scanzello, MD, PhD
Erschienen in:
HSS Journal ®
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Ausgabe 1/2012
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Excerpt
Synovitis (inflammation of the synovial lining) is increasingly recognized as a characteristic of the osteoarthritic joint. Over the past decade, many have documented that synovitis is present in various stages of the disease and is detectable by advanced imaging techniques [
3], the presence of soluble mediators [
5], or histopathologic assessment [
9]. Despite using different methods of detection and different outcome measurements, studies from these multiple research groups have often led to similar conclusions. …