title: Cartilage formation from perichondrium in a diffusion chamber.
abstract: Autologous perichondrial grafts from rabbits' ears in diffusion chambers resulted in the formation of cartilage. This clearly revealed that neither blood clots nor the ingrowth of capillaries is essential for perichondrial neochondrogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Kagawa Medical School, Kagawaken, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hosokawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yano
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsuka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002356:Cartilage / Q000166:cytology* / Q000637:transplantation; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D015194:Diffusion Chambers, Culture; D011817:Rabbits