Platelet-rich plasma intra-articular knee injections for the treatment of degenerative cartilage lesions and osteoarthritis

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 863-864

  Dhillon, Mandeep ^a   Patel, Sandeep ^a   Bali, Kamal ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BLOOD STORAGE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DISABILITY; HUMAN; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLOOD PRESERVATION; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79954648716     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1339-2     Document Type: Letter

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