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Tissue engineering of functional articular cartilage: the current status

Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease characterized by pain and disability. It involves all ages and 70% of people aged >65 have some degree of osteoarthritis. Natural cartilage repair is limited because chondrocyte density and metabolism are low and cartilage has no blood supply. The re...

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Autores principales: Kock, Linda, van Donkelaar, Corrinus C., Ito, Keita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3306561/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22030892
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00441-011-1243-1