Adipokine Hormones and Hand Osteoarthritis: Radiographic Severity and Pain

Mei Massengale; Bing Lu; John J. Pan; Jeffrey N. Katz; Daniel H. Solomon

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0047860

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Adipokine Hormones and Hand Osteoarthritis: Radiographic Severity and Pain

Mei Massengale ,

* E-mail: hmei@partners.org

Affiliations Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Bing Lu,

Affiliations Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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John J. Pan,

Affiliation Division of Musculoskeletal Radiology, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Jeffrey N. Katz,

Affiliations Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Daniel H. Solomon

Affiliations Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Adipokine Hormones and Hand Osteoarthritis: Radiographic Severity and Pain

Mei Massengale,
Bing Lu,
John J. Pan,
Jeffrey N. Katz,
Daniel H. Solomon

Published: October 26, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0047860

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