**PRINCIPLES OF OSTEOARTHRITIS – ITS DEFINITION, CHARACTER, DERIVATION AND MODALITY-RELATED RECOGNITION**

Edited by **Bruce M. Rothschild**

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http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/1487 Edited by Bruce M. Rothschild

#### **Contributors**

Susan Chubinskaya, Nidhi Sofat, John S. Mort, Judith Farley, Valeria Dejica, Eduard Alentorn-Geli, Lluís Puig, Hee-Jeong Im, Michael Brian Ellman, Dongyao Yan, Anna Maria Nikodem, Krzysztof Ścigała, Keith K.W. Chan, Ricky W.K. Wu, Antonio Miranda-Duarte, James L. Henry, Qi Wu, Qian Chen, Chathuraka Jayasuriya, Elizabeth Perez Hernandez, Nury Perez-Hernandez, Fidel De La Cruz Hernandez-Hernandez, Juan B. Kouri-Flores, Jinxi Wang, Di Chen, David Findlay, Bondeson, Nina Ivanovska, Petya Dimitrova, Peter Milner, Robert Wilkins, John Stanley Gibson, Hussain Tameem, Usha Sinha, Bruce M. Rothschild, Ershela L. Sims, Daniel Schmitt, Francis Keefe, Virginia B. Kraus, Tamara Somers, Farshid Guilak, Mathew Williams, Paul Riordan, Akihisa Kamataki, Wataru Yoshida, Kenya Murakami, Mutsuko Ishida, Takashi Sawai, Kensuke Ochi, Sture Forsgren, Anie Philip, Kenneth Finnson, Yoon Chi, Sandra Momčilo Živanović, Janna Saarela, Minna Männikkö, Annu Näkki

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Principles of Osteoarthritis - Its Definition, Character, Derivation and Modality-Related Recognition Edited by Bruce M. Rothschild

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