Platelet-rich plasma (PRP): Methodological aspects and clinical applications

Platelets

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 101-113

  Marques, Laís Fernanda ^a   Stessuk, Talita ^b   Camargo, Isabel Cristina Cherici ^a   Sabeh Junior, Nemi ^c   Santos, Lucinéia Dos ^a   Ribeiro Paes, João Tadeu ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Assis State Forest   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bone; Cartilage; Muscle; Platelet rich plasma; Tendon

Indexed keywords

BONE LESION; CARTILAGE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TENDON LESION; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; ANIMAL; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; BONE DISEASES; DISEASE MODEL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PROCEDURES; TENDINOPATHY;

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; BONE DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 84922816106     PISSN: 09537104     EISSN: 13691635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09537104.2014.881991     Document Type: Review

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