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Chondrogenic differentiation in femoral bone marrow-derived mesenchymal cells (MSC) from elderly patients suffering osteoarthritis or femoral fracture.
Archives of gerontology and geriatrics - 1 Jan 2000
García-Álvarez Felícito, Alegre-Aguarón Elena, Desportes Paula, Royo-Cañas María, Castiella Tomás, Larrad Luis, Martínez-Lorenzo María José
Abstract excerpt
This study analyzed the phenotype and the chondrogenic differentiation of bone marrow-derived MSCs from old patients undergoing knee osteoarthritis or femoral fracture surgery. Twenty patients (12 females), with a mean age of 77.35±8.76 years, were studied. Ten patients suffered of knee osteoarthritis (OA) pathology and underwent surgery for arthroplasty, and the other 10 patients suffered femoral fracture. A...
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