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ABSTRACT: Equine osteoarthritis is a chronic disease characterized by synovitis, lameness, and functional impotence. The exact cause that incites the pathology remains unknown. Factors like continuous trauma, joint instability, synovitis-capsulitis and hypoxia could unchain its development. Medical treatment of equine osteoarthritis has included nonesteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and corticosteroids. Disease modifying osteoarthritis drugs like hyaluronan, polysulfated glycosaminoglicans, and pentosan polysulfate improve chondrocyte metabolism and upregulate extracellular matrix synthesis. Others less known substances like the inhibitor of subchondral osteolysis, tiludronate, seems to be a promising treatment for this pathology.
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