Human meniscus: from biology to tissue engineering strategies

Once meniscus is damaged, a cascade of events occurs leading to degenerative joint changes of the knee. The morbidity of patients can significantly increase overtime and degeneration of the cartilage can progress, resulting in arthritis. Possibilities for treatment of meniscus lesions are primordial...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Pereira, H. (author)
Outros Autores: Cengiz, I. F. (author), Silva-Correia, Joana (author), Oliveira, J. M. (author), Reis, R. L. (author), Espregueira-Mendes, João (author)
Formato: bookPart
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2014
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/30245
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/30245