Hand osteoarthritis

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Knuckle cracking and hand osteoarthritis.

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Aesthetic discomfort in hand osteoarthritis: results from the LIège Hand Osteoarthritis Cohort (LIHOC)

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A seroimmunological profile of erosive hand osteoarthritis.

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Clustering of hand osteoarthritis progression and its relationship to progression of osteoarthritis at the knee.

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Hypermobility associated with osteoarthritis of the thumb base: a clinical and radiological subset of hand osteoarthritis.

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عنوان ژورنال: Australian Journal of Physiotherapy

سال: 2007

ISSN: 0004-9514

DOI: 10.1016/s0004-9514(07)70035-1