Release of growth factors and the effect of age, sex, and severity of injury after long bone fracture.

Background and purpose The systemic response after fracture is regulated by a complex mechanism involving numerous growth factors. In this study, we analyzed the kinetics of key growth factors following lower-limb long bone fracture. Materials and methods Human serum was isolated from 15 patients su...

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Publicado en:Acta Orthopaedica Vol. 84; no. 1; pp. 65 - 71
Autores principales: Pountos, Ippokratis, Georgouli, Theodora, Henshaw, Karen, Bird, Howard, Giannoudis, Peter V
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Medical Journals Sweden AB Feb2013
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