Hyaluronate in rheumatology and orthopaedics: is there a role?

What it found

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The trial behind it

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Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Increased hyaluronan by naked mole-rat Has2 improves healthspan in mice.Nature · 2023
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2. Hyaluronan biology: A complex balancing act of structure, function, location and context.Matrix biology : journal of the International Society for Matrix Biology · 2019
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3. Antioxidant protects against increases in low molecular weight hyaluronan and inflammation in asphyxiated newborn pigs resuscitated with 100% oxygen.PloS one · 2012
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4. Action of polysaccharides of similar average mass but differing molecular volume and charge on fluid drainage through synovial interstitium in rabbit knees.The Journal of physiology · 2000
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5. Role of hyaluronan chain length in buffering interstitial flow across synovium in rabbits.The Journal of physiology · 2000
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6. Hyaluronic acid. A review of its pharmacology and use as a surgical aid in ophthalmology, and its therapeutic potential in joint disease and wound healing.Drugs · 1994
   Review

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Authors and funding

3 authors.

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Abstract

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