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L C Dijkgraaf1, L G de Bont, G Boering, R S Liem.
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PURPOSE: To understand the possible significance of the presence of proteases, cytokines, growth factors, and arachidonic acid metabolites in the osteoarthritic temporomandibular joint (TMJ), the pathogenesis of TMJ osteoarthritis (OA) is discussed, based on knowledge of structure, biochemistry and metabolism of osteoarthritic cartilage in general, and a classification of TMJ OA is presented.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID： 7562173 DOI： 10.1016/0278-2391(95)90632-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Oral Maxillofac Surg ISSN： 0278-2391 Impact factor: 1.895