"Hyaluronic Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A natural high-viscosity mucopolysaccharide with alternating beta (1-3) glucuronide and beta (1-4) glucosaminidic bonds. It is found in the UMBILICAL CORD, in VITREOUS BODY and in SYNOVIAL FLUID. A high urinary level is found in PROGERIA.
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D006820
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D09.698.373.475
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hyaluronic Acid" by people in Profiles.
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Joint Injection or Aspiration before Total Knee Arthroplasty: Does It Increase the Risk of Periprosthetic Joint Infection? J Knee Surg. 2025 Mar; 38(4):195-200.
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Costs of Nonoperative Procedures for Knee Osteoarthritis in the Year Prior to Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2022 Oct 05; 104(19):1697-1702.
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Drivers of Unequal Healthcare Costs in the Nonoperative Treatment of Late-Stage Knee Osteoarthritis Prior to Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2022 Oct; 37(10):1967-1972.e1.
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Intra-articular Hyaluronan Therapy for Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2019 08; 45(3):439-451.
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Osteogenic protein 1 in synovial fluid from patients with rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis: relationship with disease and levels of hyaluronan and antigenic keratan sulfate. Arthritis Res Ther. 2006; 8(3):R73.
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The use of intra-articular Na-hyaluronate as a potential chondroprotective device in experimentally induced acute articular cartilage injury and repair in rabbits. J Orthop Res. 2003 Mar; 21(2):305-11.
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The synthesis and immobilisation of cartilage-specific proteoglycan by human chondrocytes in different concentrations of agarose. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 1990 Jul-Aug; 8(4):371-8.