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Growth factors and tendon healing

Francesco Oliva, Stefano Gatti, Giuseppe Porcellini

    Medicine and Sport Science
    |October 12, 2011
    PubMed
    Summary

    This review examines growth factors (GFs) involved in tendon healing. It highlights the lack of research on the timing of these GFs during human tendon repair in vivo.

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