Difference between revisions of "Joints Degenerative - Pathology"

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===Steroid arthropathy===
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===[[Steroid Arthropathy]]===
 
 
*From glucocorticoids injected into joint as antiinflammatories
 
*Injection sometimes causes rapid progression of degeneration
 
*Glucocortyicois suppress anabolic effect of chondrocytes -> reduction of cartilage matrix syhthesis -> proteoglycan depletion -> slower repair
 
 
 
[[Category:Joints - Degenerative Pathology]]
 

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