Medical Hypotheses
Volume 58, Issue 3 , Pages 193-197 , March 2002

Role of chondrocyte death and hypocellularity in ageing human articular cartilage and the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis

Received 18 February 2000 ,Accepted 1 June 2000.

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doi: 10.1054/mehy.2000.1180

Medical Hypotheses
Volume 58, Issue 3 , Pages 193-197 , March 2002

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