Maturation-dependent repair of untreated
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Wei, Xiaochun ;Gao, Jizong ;Messner, Karola
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Article
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1997
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Repair of untreated full-thickness cartilage defects in the medial femoral knee condyle was studied in 17 young, 21 adolescent, and 19 adult rabbits. At 6 weeks, the defect was completely filled by tissue regeneration in all young and adolescent animals, but in only few of the adults (p < 0.05). The