The importance of understanding what is platelet-rich growth factor (PRGF) and what is not

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Anitua, Eduardo ^a   Sánchez, Mikel ^b   Orive, Gorka ^a  

^a Instituto Eduardo Anitua   (Spain)

^b Unidad UCA Mikel Sanchez   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CITRATE SODIUM; GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET RICH GROWTH FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVITIS; TENDON RUPTURE; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA;

HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; SYNOVITIS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 78649881482     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2010.07.005     Document Type: Letter

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