Correlation between systemic markers of inflammation and local synovitis in knee osteoarthritis

• Main Authors: Mansour Babaei (Author), Yahya Javadian (Author), Hossein Narimani (Author), Mohammad Ranaei (Author), Behzad Heidari (Author), Hossein Basereh (Author), Hemmat Gholinia (Author), Alireza Firouzjahi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Babol University of Medical Sciences, 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: In the elderly population joint swelling, effusion and pain indicate local synovitis and the presence of inflammation. At present, no serum marker has been shown linking to knee synovitis in KOA. With regard to serum high sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP) as a measure of inflammation,...