Open AccessArthrosonography and biomarkers in the evaluation of destructive knee cartilage osteoarthrosis
Author(s) -
Sandra Živanović,
Ljiljana Petrović-Rackov,
Aleksandar Živanović
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2406-0895
pISSN - 0370-8179
DOI - 10.2298/sarh0912653z
Subject(s) - medicine , cartilage , osteoarthritis , cartilage damage , articular cartilage , pathology , anatomy , alternative medicine
Knee osteoarthrosis (OA) is a degenerative disease with progressive loss of cartilage of joints and bone destruction. During this process, the release of fragments of connective tissue matrix is detected in the biological fluids such as human cartilage glycoprotein (YKL-40), cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP) and collagen type I C terminal telopeptid (CTX-I).