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Conclusions and Perspectives

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After reading such a well thought and documented book on the experimental and clinical aspects of osteoarthritis (OA, it is both a pleasure and a difficult task to review this work. We summarized the chapter by highlighting the main points, adding where relevant, new data (with references) or personal remarks.

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  1. Michel G. Lequesne
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Lequesne, M.G., Punzi, L. (1999). Conclusions and Perspectives. In: Osteoarthritis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60026-5_25

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