Long-term effects of local growth factor
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Gerhard Schmidmaier; Britt Wildemann; Daniel Ostapowicz; Frank Kandziora; Richar
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Article
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2004
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Elsevier Science
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English
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## Abstract Previous studies showed that growth factors dramatically stimulate healing processes in bone. However, the longβterm effect of locally applied growth factors on fracture healing remains unclear. In considering the safety of using growth factors, it is necessary to elucidate that after i