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Mechanical contributors to sex differences in idiopathic knee osteoarthritis
The occurrence of knee osteoarthritis (OA) increases with age and is more common in women compared with men, especially after the age of 50 years. Recent work suggests that contact stress in the knee cartilage is a significant predictor of the risk for developing knee OA. Significant gaps in knowled...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3560206/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23259740 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2042-6410-3-28 |