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The Scientific Rationale to Apply Plasma Rich in Growth Factors in Joint Tissue Pathologies: Knee Osteoarthritis

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Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a mechanically induced, cytokine and enzyme-mediated disorder with different biochemical, inflammatory, and genetic signatures undergoing distinct phases and phenotypes, and encompassing all joint tissues, with pain and inflammation as the clinical and biochemical hallmarks of the disease.

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  1. Arthroscopic Surgery Unit, Hospital Vithas San Jose, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

    N. Fiz, O. Pompei, J. Azofra & M. Sánchez

  2. Advanced Biological therapy Unit, Hospital Vithas San José, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

    M. Sánchez

  3. BTI Biotechnology Institute, Vitoria, Spain

    S. Padilla & E. Anitua

  4. Eduardo Anitua Foundation for Biomedical Research, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

    S. Padilla & E. Anitua

  5. University Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Oral Implantology (UIRMI) from the University of Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

    S. Padilla & E. Anitua

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  1. Director of the University Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Oral, Implantology (UIRMI) from the University of Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Vitoria, Spain

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  2. Hospital Quirón, Artroscopia GC, Barcelona , Spain

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  3. Arthroscopic Surgery Unit, Hospital Vithas San José, Vitoria, Spain

    Mikel Sánchez

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Padilla, S., Anitua, E., Fiz, N., Pompei, O., Azofra, J., Sánchez, M. (2018). The Scientific Rationale to Apply Plasma Rich in Growth Factors in Joint Tissue Pathologies: Knee Osteoarthritis. In: Anitua, E., Cugat, R., Sánchez, M. (eds) Platelet Rich Plasma in Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63730-3_7

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