The Spine Journal
Volume 9, Issue 7 , Pages 585-594 , July 2009

Olfactory stem cells can be induced to express chondrogenic phenotype in a rat intervertebral disc injury model

Received 2 June 2008 ,Accepted 24 February 2009.

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 FDA device/drug status: not applicable.

 Author disclosures: none.

PII: S1529-9430(09)00093-X

doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2009.02.011

The Spine Journal
Volume 9, Issue 7 , Pages 585-594 , July 2009

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