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Mesenchymal stem and progenitor cells for cartilage repair

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  1. CIHR-Bioengineering of Skeletal Tissues Team, Mt. Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Nazish Ahmed, William L. Stanford & Rita A. Kandel

  2. Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    William L. Stanford & Rita A. Kandel

  3. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Suite 6-500, M5X 1G5, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Rita A. Kandel

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Ahmed, N., Stanford, W.L. & Kandel, R.A. Mesenchymal stem and progenitor cells for cartilage repair. Skeletal Radiol 36, 909–912 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-007-0333-3

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