Titre : | Osteoarthritis beginning with inflammation : Definitions and correlations. (2003) |
Auteurs : | EHRLICH (George-E) : USA. Arthritis Center of the Albert Einstein Medical Center-Moss Rehabilitation Hospital and Temple University School of Medicine. Philadelphia. |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Bulletin of the world health organization (vol. 81, n° 9, 2003) |
Pagination : | 691-693 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Arthrose ; Inflammation ; Homme ; Polyarthrite rhumatoïde ; Symptôme ; Physiopathologie ; Système ostéoarticulaire [pathologie] ; Arthropathie ; Maladie dégénérative ; Immunopathologie ; Maladie autoimmune |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS 17R0xlp4. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. A syndrome of acute onset of inflammation over interphalangeal joints heralding deforming osteoarthritis may be intermediate between degenerative and rheumatoid joint diseases. The syndrome appears predominantly in women of menopausal age and is remarkably symmetrical. In a prospective study of 170 propositi, later changes more characteristic of rheumatoid arthritis than of generalized or erosive osteoarthritis developed in 15.3%. |