Age Related Macular Degeneration and Total Hip Replacement Due to Osteoarthritis or Fracture: Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study.

Osteoarthritis is the leading cause of total hip replacement, accounting for more than 80% of all total hip replacements. Emerging evidence suggests that osteoarthritis has a chronic inflammatory component to its pathogenesis similar to age-related macular degeneration. We evaluated the association...

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Main Authors: Elaine W Chong, Yuanyuan Wang, Liubov D Robman, Khin Zaw Aung, Galina A Makeyeva, Graham G Giles, Stephen Graves, Flavia M Cicuttini, Robyn H Guymer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4565671?pdf=render