Editorial: Proceed with caution

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2099-2101

  Reider, Bruce ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; COLLAGEN; CYTOKINE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; RECOMBINANT GROWTH FACTOR; THROMBIN; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; ATHLETE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD SMEAR; CARTILAGE INJURY; CELL MIGRATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONVALESCENCE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EDITORIAL; ELBOW; FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HEALING; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MATRIX ATTACHMENT REGION; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; MUSCLE STRAIN; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL SURGERY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATELLA TENDON; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; SPRAIN; TENDINITIS; TENDON RUPTURE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; TISSUE INJURY; TISSUE REACTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; ADULT; ANIMAL; CASE REPORT; INJURY; MALE; NOTE; PATELLA LIGAMENT; SPORT INJURY;

ANIMALS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70649106254     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509352786     Document Type: Editorial

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