Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 25, Issue 12 , Pages 1401-1407 , December 2009

Changes in Condylar Coefficient of Friction After Osteochondral Graft Transplantation and Modulation With Hyaluronan

  • John Lane, M.D.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to John G. Lane, M.D., Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093-0863, U.S.A.
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  • Robert Healey, B.S., M.B.A.
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  • David Amiel, Ph.D.

Received 12 June 2008 ,Accepted 22 April 2009.

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 Supported by the Musculoskeletal and Joint Research Foundation, San Diego, California. The work was performed in the authors' affiliated laboratories, UCSD Dept Ortho Surg Connective Tissue Biochemistry Laboratories. The authors report no conflict of interest.

PII: S0749-8063(09)00423-X

doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2009.04.074

Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 25, Issue 12 , Pages 1401-1407 , December 2009

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