Steffan Bos | 15-09-2010 | Genes and Mediators of Inflammation and Development in Osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis (OA) mainly affects the articular cartilage covering the bones. In this thesis we investigated the relation between levels of inflammatory mediators, genes involved in their regulation and the disease status of OA. We investigated the role of genetic variation [...]

Josine Min | 17-01-2007| Generalised Osteoarthritis: from Mendelian Disorder to Complex Disease Osteoarthritis (OA) is a prevalent and complex disorder with a high hereditary probability. Previous genetic research into OA has yielded several common gene variants contributing to joint specific OA phenotypes. Only a few studies allowed an examination of multiple joint sites in the [...]

Naghmeh Riyazi | 22-11-2006 | Familial osteorarthritis : risk factors and determinants of outcome Osteoarthritis (OA) refers to a heterogeneous group of conditions. This thesis focuses on OA with a hereditary background; Familial OA at multiple joint sites and radiological hand OA at middle age. The main objective is to identify risk factors that [...]

B.Z. Alizadeh (Behrooz)| 23-03-2005 | Osteoarthritis and hemochromatosis, a genetic epidemiological study Osteoarthritis (OA) refers to a heterogeneous group of distinct diseases which express a common radiographic and clinical phenotype at diarthrodial joints.It is the leading cause of pain and disability in the elderly with a prevalence of 75 percent in the population [...]