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Preventing effects of joint contracture by high molecular weight hyaluronan injections in a rat immobilized knee model |
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| Authors: | Kenji Kanazawa Yoshihiro Hagiwara Masahiro Tsuchiya Yutaka Yabe Kazuaki Sonofuchi Masashi Koide Takuya Sekiguchi Nobuyuki Itaya Akira Ando Yoshifumi Saijo Eiji Itoi |
| Affiliation: | 1.Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan;2.Divisions of Aging and Geriatric Dentistry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, 4-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan;3.Department of Biomedical Imaging, Tohoku University Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, 4-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan |
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| Keywords: | Joint immobilization high molecular weight hyaluronan inflammation fibrosis hypoxia joint contracture |