Healing chondral injuries

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-24

  Messner, Karola ^a   Wei, Xiaochun ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biochemistry; Cartilage injury; Durability; Healing; Mechanics; Morphology; Repair

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002766903     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00132585-199801000-00003     Document Type: Article

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