Degenerative joint disease (osteoarthritis, OA) can have no clear aetiology (‘primary’ or ‘intrinsic’) or be ‘secondary’ to another pathology (e.g. trauma, sepsis, congenital). Primary and secondary factors can both be involved with the former modifying susceptibility and the latter affecting the onset age and location of disease.
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