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Hyaluronan concentration and size distribution in human knee synovial fluid: variations with age and cartilage degeneration

BACKGROUND: One potential mechanism for early superficial cartilage wear in normal joints is alteration of the lubricant content and quality of synovial fluid. The purpose of this study was to determine if the concentration and quality of the lubricant, hyaluronan, in synovial fluid: (1) was similar...

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Autores principales: Temple-Wong, Michele M., Ren, Shuwen, Quach, Phu, Hansen, Bradley C., Chen, Albert C., Hasegawa, Akihiko, D’Lima, Darryl D., Koziol, Jim, Masuda, Koichi, Lotz, Martin K., Sah, Robert L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4721052/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26792492
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13075-016-0922-4