Intra-articular injection of hyaluronan diminishes loss of chondrocytes in a rat immobilized-knee model

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 215, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 321-331

  Ando, Akira ^a   Hagiwara, Yoshihiro ^a   Chimoto, Eiichi ^a   Hatori, Kouki ^b   Onoda, Yoshito ^a   Itoi, Eiji ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Degeneration; Hyaluronan; Immobilization; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749104687     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.215.321     Document Type: Article

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