[Cartilage implantation for the bone and cartilage destruction in rheumatoid arthritis].
Current pharmacological treatment of rheumatoid arthritis developed to increase the chance for reaching complete remission. However, it is unclear that it could help regeneration or repair of the destroyed cartilage. One of the most prominent candidates for the treatment of destroyed cartilage in rheumatoid arthritis after complete remission is the mesenchymal stem cells.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nagoya University, Japan.
Tadahiro
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Sakai
Naoki
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Ishiguro
D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000473:pathology; D002356:Cartilage / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D045164:Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation; D012038:Regeneration; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous