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MeSH Heading: Osteoarthritis
Tree Number(s): C05.550.114.606; C05.799.613
Unique ID: D010003
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010003
Scope Note: A progressive, degenerative joint disease, the most common form of arthritis, especially in older persons. The disease is thought to result not from the aging process but from biochemical changes and biomechanical stresses affecting articular cartilage. In the foreign literature it is often called osteoarthrosis deformans.
Entry Term(s): Arthritis, Degenerative; Arthroses; Arthrosis; Osteoarthrosis; Osteoarthrosis Deformans
Public MeSH Note: 2013; for Arthrosis see Joint Diseases 2017-2019
History Note: 2013; for Arthrosis use Joint Diseases 2017-2019
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/05/17

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