Human articular cartilage storage in cell culture medium: Guidelines for storage of fresh osteochondral allografts

Orthopedics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 497-499

  Sammarco, V James ^a   Gorab, Robert ^a   Miller, Robert ^a   Brooks, Peter J ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFATE; SULFUR 35;

ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CARTILAGE GRAFT; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; GRAFT PRESERVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CULTURE MEDIA; EVALUATION STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; SULFATES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0030918950     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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