Osteo-arthrosis and Disk Degeneration in an Urban Population
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Osteo-arthrosis and disk degeneration in an urban population.
This study of osteo-arthrosis, or degenerative joint disease, is based on the same survey material as the corresponding paper on rheumatoid arthritis (Kellgren and Lawrence, 1956). A one-in-ten random sample of the population aged 55-64 years in the Lancashire town of Leigh was studied clinically, radiologically, and serologically for all forms of arthritis. After a detailed clinical examinatio...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 1958
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.17.4.388