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Postnatal skeletal growth is driven by the epiphyseal stem cell niche: potential implications to pediatrics

Children’s longitudinal growth is facilitated by the activity of the growth plates, cartilage discs located near the ends of the long-bones. In order to elongate these bones, growth plates must continuously generate chondrocytes. Two recent studies have demonstrated that there are stem cells and a s...

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Autores principales: Chagin, Andrei S., Newton, Phillip T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group US 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7196937/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31830758
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41390-019-0722-z