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Osteoarthritis

Correlates of Subchondral Bone Mineral Density: A Cross-Sectional Study. J Bone Miner Res. 2009 May 19.
Serum levels of vitamin D, sunlight exposure, and knee cartilage loss in older adults: The Tasmanian older adult cohort study. Arthritis Rheum. 2009 May;60(5):1381–9.
Vitamin D receptor TaqI, BsmI and ApaI polymorphisms and osteoarthritis susceptibility: a meta-analysis. Joint Bone Spine. 2009 Mar;76(2):156–61.
Association of oestrogen receptor gene polymorphism with the long-term results of rotational acetabular osteotomy. Int Orthop. 2009 Feb 14.
RANKL/OPG in primary cultures of osteoblasts from post-menopausal women. Differences between osteoporotic hip fractures and osteoarthritis. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2009 Jan;113(1–2):46–51.
Vitamin D: skeletal and extra skeletal effects; recommendations for good practice. Presse Med. 2009 Jan;38(1):43–54. Review.
Bone mineral density and vitamin D status in female and male patients with osteoarthritis of the knee or hip. Eur Surg Res. 2009;42(1):1–10.
Risk factors of musculoskeletal ambulation disability symptom complex (MADS). - Frequent falls and sarcopenia according to aging -. Clin Calcium. 2008 Nov;18(11):1581–7.
Bone metabolism in postmenopausal women with lumbar spinal stenosis: analysis of bone mineral density and bone turnover markers. Spine. 2008 Oct 15;33(22):2435–9.
Urban tropospheric ozone increases the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among Belgian postmenopausal women with outdoor activities during summer. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Oct;93(10):3893–9.
Wnt-beta-catenin signaling in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis. Nat Clin Pract Rheumatol. 2008 Oct;4(10):550–6. Review.
Hypovitaminosis D among rheumatology outpatients in clinical practice. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2008 Sep;47(9):1348–51.
Osteoarthritis. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2008 Aug;22(4):657–75.
Natural history and risk factors for bone loss in postmenopausal Caucasian women: a 15-year follow-up population-based study. Osteoporos Int. 2008 Aug;19(8):1211–7.
Dietary manipulation in musculoskeletal conditions. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2008 Jun;22(3):535–61. Review.
Exclusion of COL2A1 and VDR as developmental dysplasia of the hip genes. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2008 Apr;466(4):878–83.
The differential expression of osteoprotegerin (OPG) and receptor activator of nuclear factor kappaB ligand (RANKL) in human osteoarthritic subchondral bone osteoblasts is an indicator of the metabolic state of these disease cells. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2008 Mar–Apr;26(2):295–304.
Prevalence & potential significance of vitamin D deficiency in Asian Indians. Indian J Med Res. 2008 Mar;127(3):229–38. Review.
Diffuse musculoskeletal pain is not associated with low vitamin D levels or improved by treatment with vitamin D. J Clin Rheumatol. 2008 Feb;14(1):12–6.
Vitamin D and its implications for musculoskeletal health in women: An update. Maturitas. 2007 Oct 20;58(2):117–37. Review.
Genetic susceptibility to total hip replacement failure- Preliminary study on the influence of matrix metalloproteinase-1, interleukin-6 and vitamin D receptor polymorphisms. Ann Rheum Dis. 2007 Aug;66(8):1116–20.
Correlation of plain radiographic indices of the hip with quantitative bone mineral density. Osteoporos Int. 2007 Aug;18(8):1119–26.
The incidence of osteopenia and osteoporosis in women with hip osteoarthritis scheduled for cementless total joint replacement. Bone. 2007 Apr;40(4):1041–7.
Low levels of vitamin D and worsening of knee osteoarthritis: results of two longitudinal studies. Arthritis Rheum. 2007 Jan;56(1):129–36.
Strontium ranelate reduces the urinary level of cartilage degradation biomarker CTX-II in postmenopausal women. Bone. 2007 Jan;40(1):218–22.
Distinct association of gene polymorphisms of estrogen receptor and vitamin D receptor with lumbar spondylosis in post-menopausal women. Eur Spine J. 2006 Oct;15(10):1521–8.
Epidemiology of disease risks in relation to vitamin D insufficiency. Prog Biophys Mol Biol. 2006 Sep;92(1):65–79. Review.
Vitamin D physiology. Prog Biophys Mol Biol. 2006 Sep;92(1):4–8. Review.
Knee pain, knee osteoarthritis, and the risk of fracture. Arthritis Rheum. 2006 Aug 15;55(4):610–5.
Osteoporotic fractures and vitamin D deficiency. Aust Fam Physician. 2006 Jul;35(7):519–20, 522.
Low vitamin K status is associated with osteoarthritis in the hand and knee. Arthritis Rheum. 2006 Apr;54(4):1255–61.
Nutraceuticals: do they work and when should we use them? Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2006 Feb;20(1):99–115. Review.
Osteoblast dysfunction in male idiopathic osteoporosis. Calcif Tissue Int. 2006 Feb;78(2):90–7.
Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and susceptibility of hand osteoarthritis in Finnish women. Arthritis Res Ther. 2006;8(1):R20.
Recent advances in the genetics of osteoporosis. J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact. 2006 Jan–Mar;6(1):27–35. Review.
Positive association between serum 25–hydroxyvitamin D level and bone density in osteoarthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 2005 Dec 15;53(6):821–6.
Radiographic progression of lumbar spine disc degeneration is influenced by variation at inflammatory genes: a candidate SNP association study in the Chingford cohort. Spine. 2005 Nov 1;30(21):2445–51.
Assessment of some tools for the characterization of the human osteoarthritic cartilage proteome. J Biomol Tech. 2005 Sep;16(3):256–65.
Does vitamin D supplementation contribute to the modulation of osteoarthritis by bisphosphonates? Comment on the article by Carbone et al. Arthritis Rheum. 2005 May;52(5):1622–3; author reply 1623. Letter.
Vitamin-D receptor (VDR) gene (Fok-I, Taq-I and Apa-I) polymorphisms in healthy individuals from north Indian population. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2005 Apr–Jun;6(2):147–52.
Birthweight, vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism, and risk of lumbar spine osteoarthritis. J Rheumatol. 2005 Apr;32(4):678–83.
Considerations in the treatment of early osteoarthritis. Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2005 Mar;7(1):29–35. Review.
Osteoarthritis and osteoporosis in postmenopausal women: clinical similarities and differences. Menopause. 2004 Nov–Dec;11(6 Pt 1):615–21. Review.
Genetics and biology of vitamin D receptor polymorphisms. Gene. 2004 Sep 1;338(2):143–56. Review.
Longitudinal study on osteoarthritis and bone metabolism. Reumatismo. 2003;55(2):102–7.
Serum vitamin D levels and incident changes of radiographic hip osteoarthritis: a longitudinal study. Study of Osteoporotic Fractures Research Group. Arthritis Rheum. 1999 May;42(5):854–60.
Relation of dietary intake and serum levels of vitamin D to progression of osteoarthritis of the knee among participants in the Framingham Study. Ann Intern Med. 1996 Sep 1;125(5):353–9.

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