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Measuring joint space width in semi-flexed knee is best way to see damage in knee osteoarthritis

Taking X-rays of the semi-flexed knee is the most accurate way of evaluating structural damage in patients with knee osteoarthritis according to results presented today at EULAR 2007, the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology in Barcelona, Spain.

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