Tissue engineering approaches to degenerative disc disease - A meta-analysis of controlled animal trials

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1316-1325

  Mehrkens, A ^a,b   Muller A M ^b,c   Valderrabano, V ^b   Scharen S ^b   Vavken, P ^b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Disc degeneration; Disc disease; Evidence based medicine; Regenerative medicine; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ATELOCOLLAGEN; BIOMATERIAL; FIBRIN; GELATIN; MICROSPHERE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; PROSTAGLANDIN A; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL THERAPY; CINAHL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; EMBASE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HISTOLOGY; HYDROGEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; STROMA CELL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANIMAL; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84866455048     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: 15229653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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