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Preparation, Procedures and Evaluation of Platelet-Rich Plasma Injection in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis
Published on: January 4, 2019
Platelet-rich plasma application during closure following total knee arthroplasty
William J Berghoff1, William S Pietrzak, Richard D Rhodes
1Orthopedics Northeast, Fort Wayne, Ind, USA.
Orthopedics
|July 27, 2006
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