Weekly intra-articular injections of bone morphogenetic protein-7 inhibits osteoarthritis progression

INTRODUCTION: We investigated the ability of a weekly intra-articular injection of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-7 to prevent osteoarthritis in rabbits with anterior cruciate ligament transections. METHODS: First, 36 knee joints were randomly divided into four groups: 50, 500, 5,000 ng BMP-7, and...

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Autores principales: Hayashi, Masaya, Muneta, Takeshi, Ju, Young-Jin, Mochizuki, Tomoyuki, Sekiya, Ichiro
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2592805/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18826579
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar2521

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