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  1. Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, IRCCS, Via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano (MI), Italy

    Berardo Di Matteo & Elizaveta Kon

  2. First Moscow State Medical University, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia

    Berardo Di Matteo

  3. Abu Dhabi Knee and Sports Medicine, Healthpoint Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    William D. Murrell

  4. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Division of Surgery, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, Ft. Bliss, TX, USA

    William D. Murrell

  5. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Simon Görtz

  6. Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, 20090, Pieve Emanuele – Milan, Italy

    Elizaveta Kon

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Di Matteo, B., Murrell, W.D., Görtz, S. et al. Osteoarthritis: an ancient disease, an unsolved conundrum. International Orthopaedics (SICOT) 45, 313–317 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-020-04934-x

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