The Foot
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 171-176 , September 2009

A review of the differences between normal and osteoarthritis articular cartilage in human knee and ankle joints

  • Linda Hendren

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    • 116 Lyneham Road, Bicester, Oxfordshire OX26 4FD, United Kingdom
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  • Paul Beeson

      Affiliations

    • Division of Podiatry, School of Health, The University of Northampton, Boughton Green Road, Northampton NN2 7AL, United Kingdom

Received 14 April 2008 ,Revised 20 March 2009 ,Accepted 23 March 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.foot.2009.03.003

The Foot
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 171-176 , September 2009

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