Pathobiochemistry of joint destruction in inflammatory and degenerative joint diseases
Greiling, H.; Kleesiek, K.; Reinards, R.
Zeitschrift für die Gesamte Innere Medizin und ihre Grenzgebiete 42(15): 415-419
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-2542 PMID: 3314203 Document Number: 288432
While the biochemical mechanism which leads to the destruction of joints in the course of degenerative and inflammatory arthropathies has not been cleared up completely to this day, basic differences have been noted in the way the two types of arthropathy affect the articular cartilage. The differences are described from the viewpoint of pathobiochemistry as they are fundamental to causal therapy.