Deciphering the pathogenesis of tendinopathy: A three-stages process

Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation, Therapy and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Fu, Sai Chuen ^a   Rolf, Christer ^b   Cheuk, Yau Chuk ^a   Lui, Pauline P Y ^a   Chan, Kai Ming ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (China)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

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EID: 78650823655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-2555-2-30     Document Type: Review

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