Adebajo A O
Department of Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Ann Rheum Dis. 1991 Jan;50(1):20-2. doi: 10.1136/ard.50.1.20.
The study of the pattern of osteoarthritis in different populations may yield valuable aetiological clues and also allow subtypes to be defined. Over one year 252 osteoarthritic joints from 140 patients seen at a West African teaching hospital were prospectively reviewed. The knee was the joint most often affected. Hip and hand disease, as well as Heberden's nodes, were uncommon. Joint disease was predominantly monoarticular; no patient had three or more sites affected.
对不同人群骨关节炎模式的研究可能会产生有价值的病因线索,还能对亚型进行定义。在一年时间里,对一家西非教学医院收治的140例患者的252个骨关节炎关节进行了前瞻性评估。膝关节是最常受累的关节。髋关节和手部疾病以及赫伯登结节并不常见。关节疾病主要为单关节病变;没有患者有三个或更多部位受累。