Mature full-thickness articular cartilage explants attached to bone are physiologically stable over long-term culture in serum-free media

Connective Tissue Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 259-272

  Dumont, Jean ^a   Ionescu, Mirela ^b   Reiner, Agnes ^b   Poole, A Robin ^b   Tran Khanh, Nicolas ^a   Hoemann, Caroline D ^c   McKee, Marc D ^b   Buschmann, Michael D ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Biosyntech Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cartilage; Chondrocyte; Collagen; Proteoglycan

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0032709350     PISSN: 03008207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03008209909000704     Document Type: Article

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