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Osteoarthritis

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Primer on the Rheumatic Diseases

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Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of joint disease in humans. Our ancestors’ skeletons show that it has been with us for many centuries. However, it was only differentiated from other forms of arthritis about 100 years ago (1), when a combination of pathological and radiographic studies made it clear that there were two quite distinct types of synovial joint damage: atrophic arthritis, in which there is periarticular osteoporosis and erosive changes, in addition to cartilage loss; and hypertrophic arthritis, in which the cartilage loss is accompanied by an increase in bone density and bone formation around the joint.

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  1. Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

    Paul Dieppe MD (Professor)

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  1. Arthritis Foundation, Atlanta, GA, USA

    John H. Klippel MD (President and CEO) (President and CEO)

  2. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    John H. Stone MD, MPH (Associate Physician, Deputy Editor for Rheumatology) (Associate Physician, Deputy Editor for Rheumatology)

  3. Division of Rheumatology & Women’s Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA

    Leslie J. Crofford MD (Gloria W. Singletary Professor of Internal Medicine, Chief) (Gloria W. Singletary Professor of Internal Medicine, Chief)

  4. Arthritis Foundation, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Patience H. White MD, MA (Chief Public Health Officer) (Chief Public Health Officer)

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Dieppe, P. (2008). Osteoarthritis. In: Klippel, J.H., Stone, J.H., Crofford, L.J., White, P.H. (eds) Primer on the Rheumatic Diseases. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68566-3_11

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