PRP or not PRP? That is the question

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 870-871

  Kon, Elizaveta ^a   Filardo, Giuseppe ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; TRAUMATOLOGY; WOUND HEALING;

BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAUMATOLOGY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79956081821     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1512-2     Document Type: Editorial

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