P209 EXPOSURE OF HUMAN CARTILAGE TISSUE TO LOW CONCENTRATIONS OF BLOOD FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME LEADS TO PROLONGED CARTILAGE DAMAGE; AN IN VITROSTUDY

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Exposure of human cartilage tissue to low concentrations of blood for a short period of time leads to prolonged cartilage damage: An in vitro study

✍ Nathalie W. D. Jansen; Goris Roosendaal; Johannes W. J. Bijlsma; Jeroen DeGroot; 📂 Article 📅 2006 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 108 KB 👁 1 views

## Abstract ## Objective Joint bleeding, or hemarthrosis, leads in time to severe joint damage. This study was carried out to test the in vitro thresholds of exposure time and concentration that lead to irreversible joint damage, to add to the discussion on the usefulness of aspiration of the join