Recombinant human vascular endothelial growth factor enhaces bone healing in an experimental nonunion model

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1434-1438

  Eckardt, Henrik ^a   Ding, M ^b   Lind, M ^b   Hansen, E S ^b   Christensen, K S ^a   Hvid, I ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID; RECOMBINANT VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BONE BLOOD FLOW; BONE GRAFT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONY CALLUS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TIBIA; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 27244445330     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.87B10.16226     Document Type: Article

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