Serum endothelin-1 levels, radiographic and ultrasonographic evaluations, and clinical parameters in patients with knee and/or hand osteoarthritis.
CONCLUSION: This is the first study evaluating the relationship between serum ET-1 levels and cartilage morphology and clinical parameters, which did not show any conclusive result. Future studies, overcoming the limitations of this study, might provide a better understanding of the role of ET-1 in the pathogenesis of OA.
PMID: 30530965 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil Source Type: research
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