Clinical efficacy and safety of mesenchymal stem cell transplantation for osteoarthritis treatment: A meta-analysis.

PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy and safety of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) for the treatment of patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). MATERIALS:We performed a meta-analysis of relevant published clinical studies. An electronic search was conducted for random...

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Main Authors: Ma Yubo, Li Yanyan, Li Li, Sun Tao, Lin Bo, Chen Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5407776?pdf=render