Evaluation of histological scoring systems for tissue-engineered, repaired and osteoarthritic cartilage

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1001-

  Longo, U G ^a   Forriol, F ^b   Maffulli, N ^c   Denaro, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b Research Unit FREMAP Hospital   (Spain)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; CARTILAGE; CELL DIVISION; CELL POPULATION; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GOLD STANDARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; NECROSIS; NICK END LABELING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 77954311780     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2010.02.015     Document Type: Letter

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