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- DOI: 10.1016/j.rdc.2014.07.012
- PMID: 25437286
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Identifying and treating preclinical and early osteoarthritis.
Felson, David T; Hodgson, Richard
Rheumatic diseases clinics of North America. 2014;40(4):699-710.
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- DOI: 10.1016/j.rdc.2014.07.012
- PMID: 25437286
- UKPMCID: 25437286
Abstract
Studies suggest that many persons with painful osteoarthritis already have extensive structural disease including malalignment, which may preclude successful stabilization or reversal of disease; this provides a strong rationale for developing strategies to prevent disease or to identify and treat it early. This article reviews a variety of approaches likely to capture those at high risk of or with early disease. However, given the absence of effective treatments, it is unclear whether structural disease could be successfully slowed or prevented in those with early symptoms or at high risk of disease.
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Biomarkers; Knee pain; Magnetic resonance imaging; Osteoarthritis