The relationship between the outcome of studies of autologous chondrocyte implantation and the presence of commercial funding (The American Journal of Sports Medicine (2007) (1809-1816) DOI: 10.1177/0363546507304720);The relationship between the outcome of studies of autologous chondrocyte implantation and the presence of commercial funding

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1809-1816

  Lubowitz, James H ^a   Appleby, David ^b   Centeno, Joseph M ^a   Woolf, Shane K ^a   Reid III, John B ^a  

^a Taos Orthopaedic Institute   (United States)

^b Smith and Nephew Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autologous chondrocyte implantation; Autologous chondrocyte transplantation; Bias; Commercial; Funding; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS CHONDROCYTE IMPLANTATION; CARTILAGE CELL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FUNDING; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; KNEE; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 35649028480     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546507312377     Document Type: Erratum

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