Sodium pentosan polysulfate resulted in cartilage improvement in knee osteoarthritis--an open clinical trial.
Kumagai
Kenji
K
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1, Sakamoto, Nagasaki city, Nagasaki prefecture, 852-8501, Japan.
Shirabe
Susumu
S
Regent and Vice President, Center for Health and Community Medicine, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyou, Nagasaki city, Nagasaki prefecture, 852-8521, Japan.
Miyata
Noriaki
N
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1, Sakamoto, Nagasaki city, Nagasaki prefecture, 852-8501, Japan.
Murata
Masakazu
M
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1, Sakamoto, Nagasaki city, Nagasaki prefecture, 852-8501, Japan.
Yamauchi
Atsushi
A
Department of Pharmaceutical Care and Health Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuoka University, 8-19-1, Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka city, 814-0180, Fukuoka prefecture, JAPAN.
Kataoka
Yasuhumi
Y
Department of Pharmaceutical Care and Health Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuoka University, 8-19-1, Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka city, 814-0180, Fukuoka prefecture, JAPAN.
Niwa
Masami
M
Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-12-4, Sakamoto, Nagasaki city, Nagasaki prefecture, 852-8523, Japan.