Serum endothelin-1 levels, radiographic and ultrasonographic evaluations, and clinical parameters in patients with knee and/or hand osteoarthritis


Atar M. O., ÖZÇAKAR L., Gencturk Z., AYTÜR Y.

JOURNAL OF BACK AND MUSCULOSKELETAL REHABILITATION, vol.32, no.4, pp.549-554, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is one of the probable inflammatory factors stimulating cartilage degradation in osteoarthritis (OA) pathogenesis.