The knee meniscus : investigating the regenerative potential of meniscal cartilage exposed to recombinant growth factors in vitro

Meniscal tears are common debilitating injuries that can have dramatic consequences especially for young athletes.  Healing of meniscal tears following surgical repair is essentially only feasible for tears within the peripheral vascular zone.  By comparison, tears that occur within the inner avascu...

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Main Author: Tumia, Nezar S.
Published: University of Aberdeen 2006
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.430973