Identifying different phenotypes of osteoarthritis is currently a subject of much research; however, a new systematic review has sparked discussion about the discrepancies in how research into disease phenotypes is conducted. Can we define individual phenotypes if we cannot agree on what constitutes a phenotype in the first place?
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Bierma-Zeinstra, S., van Middelkoop, M. In search of phenotypes. Nat Rev Rheumatol 13, 705–706 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrrheum.2017.181
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