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Some Biochemical Characteristics and Water Exchange in Human Articular Cartilage in Osteoarthrosis

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Rearrangement of intra- and intermolecular bonds in collagen molecule, disaggregation of proteoglycans and their elimination from cartilage involved in osteoarthrosis are responsible for water accumulation and its increased mobility in cartilage.

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Nikolaeva, S.S., Roshchina, A.A., Zon Chkhol, K. et al. Some Biochemical Characteristics and Water Exchange in Human Articular Cartilage in Osteoarthrosis. Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine 133, 484–487 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019822007007

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