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Tissue engineered bone repair of calvarial defects using cultured periosteal cells.
Plastic and reconstructive surgery - 1 Mar 1998
Breitbart A S, Grande D A, Kessler R, Ryaby J T, Fitzsimmons R J, Grant R T
Abstract excerpt
Periosteum has been demonstrated to have cell populations, including chondroprogenitor and osteoprogenitor cells, that can form both cartilage and bone under appropriate conditions. In the present study, periosteum was harvested, expanded in cell culture, and used to repair critical size calvarial defects in a rabbit model. Periosteum was isolated from New Zealand White rabbits, grown in cell culture, labeled...
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