Articular cartilage repair: Are the intrinsic biological constraints undermining this process insuperable?

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-28

  Hunziker, Ernst B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Articular; Cartilage repair; Defects; Full thickness; Partial thickness

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE GRAFT; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; PERIOSTEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE REPAIR; TRABECULAR BONE;

EID: 0033035478     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/joca.1998.0159     Document Type: Article

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