Osteoarthritis. What therapies for this disease of many causes?
Osteoarthritis is a common and sometimes disabling disease. New directions in therapy include inhibitors of selective proteins and transplantation of cultured chondrocytes. At the present time, treatment continues to be in response to a patient's symptoms. Thus, the challenge to physicians is to devise individual treatment plans that safely maximize relief and preservation of joint function.
Morehead
Kerstin
K
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, 400 Parnassus Ave, Plaza Level, Box 0326, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Sack
Kenneth E
KE
D006801:Humans; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012307:Risk Factors