Articular cartilage tissue engineering

Cartilage injuries in children and adolescents are increasingly observed, with roughly 20% of knee injuries in adolescents requiring surgery. In the US alone, costs of osteoarthritis are in excess of $65 billion per year (both medical costs and lost wages). Comorbidities are common with OA and are a...

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Main Author: Athanasiou, K. A.
Other Authors: Darling, Eric M., Hu, Jerry C.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, c2010.
Series:Synthesis lectures on tissue engineering (Online), # 3.
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