Musculoskeletal applications of platelet-rich plasma: Fad or future?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 628-636

  Lee, Kenneth S ^a   Wilson, John J ^a   Rabago, David P ^a   Baer, Geoffrey S ^a   Jacobson, Jon A ^b   Borrero, Camilo G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Musculoskeletal imaging; Platelet rich plasma; Tendinopathy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR A; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR B; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FENESTRATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGAMENT INJURY; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MUSCLE STRAIN; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TENNIS ELBOW; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79952257211     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5975     Document Type: Review

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