Cell transplantation for articular cartilage defects: Principles of past, present, and future practice

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 593-607

  Jiang, Yang Zi ^a   Zhang, Shu Fang ^a   Qi, Yi Ying ^a   Wang, Lin Lin ^a   Ouyang, Hong Wei ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cartilage repair; Cell transplantation; Chondrocytes; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE DEFECT; CARTILAGE GRAFT; CHONDROCYTE IMPLANTATION; CHONDROPATHY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MICROFRACTURE; MOSAICPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHONDROCYTES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 79959964810     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/096368910X532738     Document Type: Review

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