Diagnosis and treatment of deforming osteoarthrosis in subjects in contact with fluoride compounds
August 1992
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Likars’ka sprava
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Medvedeva VN.
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(8):76-78.
Deforming osteoarthrosis (DOA) has the highest prevalence rate among joint diseases [1, 3-9]. There is little information about the development of DOA in subjects in contact with fluoride compounds [2].
We have studied the characteristics of the diagnosis and treatment of DOA with patients who had previous contact with fluoride compounds in comparison to primary DOA. 484 patients have been examined, of them 106 had primary DOA, and 378 were workers in the main professions of electrolysis depa