Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Pages 531-552 , May 2009

Cell-Based Therapy in Articular Cartilage Lesions of the Knee

  • Norimasa Nakamura, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Norimasa Nakamura, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Orthopaedics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871 Japan
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  • Takahide Miyama, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
    • ,
  • Lars Engebretsen, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Center, Ulleval University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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  • Hideki Yoshikawa, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
    • ,
  • Konsei Shino, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

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 The authors report no conflict of interest.

PII: S0749-8063(09)00135-2

doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2009.02.007

Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Pages 531-552 , May 2009

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