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Li Xiao1,2, Chenlu Liu2,3, Beiyu Wang4

  • 1Department of Stomatology, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences and Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.

Cartilage
|June 11, 2019
PubMed

Keywords:
articular cartilagechondrocytesdiscoidin domain receptor 2matrix metalloproteinase-13osteoarthritis

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