title: [Osteoarthritis, a painful and crippling illness].
abstract: All joint tissues are affected by the pathological process which leads to osteoarthritis: cartilage, subchrondal bone and synovial membrane. The speed at which osteoarthritis symptoms develop depends on the patient. There is currently no way of knowing how the disease will develop in a patient.
authors.affiliation: Université Pierre Marie Curie Paris VI, hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris. francis.berenbaum@sat.aphp.fr
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Berenbaum
mesh_terms: D018771:Arthralgia / Q000209:etiology; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*