Sunday, April 17, 2011

Calcification of Articular Cartilage

Hypertrophic chondrocyte differentiation is a key step in endochondral ossification that produces basic calcium phosphates. Although chondrocyte hypertrophy has been associated with osteoarthritis, chondrocalcinosis has been mainly linked to calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition. 


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