Treatment of knee articular cartilage injuries

Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 92-99

  Davis, J T ^a   Jones, Deryk G ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Autologous chondrocyte implantation; Chondrocyte; Fibrocartilage; Microfracture; Mosaicplasty

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; HYALIN;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CARTILAGE CELL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INCIDENCE; JOINT DEGENERATION; JOINT EFFUSION; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE INJURY; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE MENISCUS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENCE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642396943     PISSN: 10419918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001433-200404000-00009     Document Type: Review

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