Treatment of deep cartilage defects in the knee with autologous chondrocyte transplantation

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 331, Issue 14, 1994, Pages 889-895

  Brittberg, Mats ^a   Lindahl, Anders ^a   Nilsson, Anders ^a   Ohlsson, Claes ^a   Isaksson, Olle ^a   Peterson, Lars ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CARTILAGE CELL; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CARTILAGE GRAFT; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE DISEASE; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PERIOSTEUM GRAFT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLA; REOPERATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 0028031550     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199410063311401     Document Type: Article

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