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Is treatment with chondroitin efficacious for osteoarthritis?

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boxed-textReichenbach S et al. (2007) Meta-analysis: chondroitin for osteoarthritis of the knee or hip. Ann Intern Med 146: 580–590

Treatment with chondroitin for osteoarthritis of the hip or knee is not effective

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  1. Department of Rheumatology, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA tmcalindon@tufts-nemc.org

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