The role of intra-articular administration of Fetuin-A in post-traumatic knee osteoarthritis: an experimental study in a rat model

Abstract  Background The purpose of this study is to investigate the possible attenuating role of the intra-articular administration of Fetuin-A in post-traumatic secondary osteoarthritis in rats, and also its effect on the systematic levels of interleukins (ILs)-2,4,7, bone morphogenetic proteins (...

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Main Authors: Eleni Pappa, Savvas Papadopoulos, Laskarina-Maria Korou, Despina N. Perrea, Spiridon Pneumaticos, Vasileios S. Nikolaou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-06-01
Series:Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40634-019-0194-4