Osteoarthritis
Findings from University of Paris advance knowledge in osteoarthritis
Published in Women's Health Weekly, November 4th, 2010
Investigators publish new data in the report 'Musculoskeletal complications of hereditary hemochromatosis: a case-control study.' According to recent research from Paris, France, "Arthropathy that mimics osteoarthritis (OA) and osteoporosis (OP) is considered a classic complication of hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) but has never been investigated in a cross-sectional study. We investigated whether HH is associated with increased prevalence of OA and OP and related factors."
"A self-administered questionnaire was completed by 306 patients with HH and 304 age and sex-matched unaffected controls. The mean age of patients was 60.1 ± 11.3 years, and 47.4% were women....
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