Mast cells and hypoxia drive tissue metaplasia and heterotopic ossification in idiopathic arthrofibrosis after total knee arthroplasty

BACKGROUND: Idiopathic arthrofibrosis occurs in 3-4% of patients who undergo total knee arthroplasty (TKA). However, little is known about the cellular or molecular changes involved in the onset or progression of this condition. To classify the histomorphologic changes and evaluate potential contrib...

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Autores principales: Freeman, Theresa A, Parvizi, Javad, Dela Valle, Craig J, Steinbeck, Marla J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2940819/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20809936
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1755-1536-3-17

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