What is the difference between osteoarthritis and degenerative joint disease?
I have to do these two diagnosis for fundamentals and can not really see the difference between the two of them?
our clinical instructor wants two seperate reports and says that they are two different diagnosis, that they are slightly different I looked them up and came up with the same thing as well???? totally confusing
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Osteoarthritis is also known as degenerative arthritis.
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