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Cocultures of Adult and Juvenile Chondrocytes Compared With Adult and Juvenile Chondral Fragments
9 Aug 2011
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BACKGROUND: The use of allogenic juvenile chondrocytes or autologous chondral fragments has shown promising laboratory results for the repair of chondral lesions. HYPOTHESIS: Juvenile chondrocytes would not affect matrix production when mixed with adult chondrocytes or cartilage fragments. STUDY DESIGN: Controlled laboratory study. METHODS: Cartilage sources consisted of 3 adult and 3 juvenile (human) donors. In...
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