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Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease characterized by the progressive breakdown of articular cartilage, subchondral bone remodeling, and synovial inflammation, distinguished from other arthritides by its primary degenerative etiology rather than systemic autoimmune or infectious origin.

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Degenerative Joint DiseaseDjdOsteoarthrosis

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Radiological Assessment of Osteo-Arthrosis

Jan Kellgren, J. S. Lawrence · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases · 1957 · 12.4K citations · Full text

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Validation study of WOMAC: a health status instrument for measuring clinically important patient relevant outcomes to antirheumatic drug therapy in patients with osteoarthritis of the hip or knee.

Nicholas Bellamy, W. Watson Buchanan, Charles H. Goldsmith et al. · PubMed · 1988 · 7.8K citations

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Development of criteria for the classification and reporting of osteoarthritis: Classification of osteoarthritis of the knee

Roy D. Altman, E. Asch, D. Blöch et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism · 1986 · 6.8K citations

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Estimates of the prevalence of arthritis and other rheumatic conditions in the United States: Part II

Reva C. Lawrence, David T. Felson, Charles G. Helmick et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism · 2007 · 5.5K citations

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Treatment of Deep Cartilage Defects in the Knee with Autologous Chondrocyte Transplantation

Mats Brittberg, Anders Lindahl, Anders Nilsson et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1994 · 5.5K citations · Full text

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  1. DT
    David T. Felson

    Boston University, United States

    356 publications · 58.5K citations

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  2. MC
    Michael C. Nevitt

    University of California, San Francisco, United States

    299 publications · 24.9K citations

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  3. DJ
    David J. Hunter

    Harvard University, United States

    321 publications · 31.2K citations

    88

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  4. AG
    Ali Guermazi

    Boston University, United States

    286 publications · 26.3K citations

    81

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  5. FC
    Flavia Cicuttini

    Monash University, Australia

    269 publications · 21.2K citations

    79

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12.9K

  1. Boston University

    Boston, United States

    138 h-index

    1.9K publications

    222.5K citations

  2. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    124 h-index

    2.1K publications

    169.4K citations

  3. Lund University

    Lund, Sweden

    117 h-index

    1.5K publications

    136.8K citations

  4. Rush University Medical Center

    Chicago, United States

    110 h-index

    1.3K publications

    125.7K citations

  5. Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, United States

    109 h-index

    1.4K publications

    153.8K citations

  6. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    109 h-index

    1.7K publications

    159.4K citations

  7. Inserm

    Paris, France

    100 h-index

    1.4K publications

    107.9K citations

  8. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    97 h-index

    811 publications

    94.9K citations

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  1. Arthritis & Rheumatism

    1.3K publications · 197.5K citations

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  2. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

    2.3K publications · 182.1K citations

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  3. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

    ARD · 1K publications · 125.4K citations

    167

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  4. PubMed

    Repository · 3.1K publications · 171.4K citations

    167

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  5. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

    JBJS · 727 publications · 76K citations

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