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Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

1. Thyroid hormone and the growth plate
   Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 265–271, 2007
2. Expression and activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors in growth plate chondrocytes
   Journal of Orthopaedic Research, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 1139–1145, 2006
3. Analysis of gene expression in mineralized skeletal tissues by laser capture microdissection and RT-PCR
   Laboratory Investigation, vol. 86, no. 10, Article ID 3700459, 6 pages, 2006
4. Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ Promotes Adipogenic Changes in Growth Plate Chondrocytes In Vitro
   PPAR Research, vol. 2006, Article ID 67297, 8 pages, 2006
5. Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-? (PPAR?) represses thyroid hormone signaling in growth plate chondrocytes
   Bone, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 305–312, 2005
6. Expression and Activity of the CDK Inhibitor p57Kip2 in Chondrocytes Undergoing Hypertrophic Differentiation
   Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 123–132, 2004
7. High Incidence of Hip Dysplasia but Not Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis in Patients With Prader-Willi Syndrome
   Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, pp. 565–567, 2004
8. Second Cervical Vertebrae Pedicle Fractures Versus Synchondrosis in a Child
   Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, vol. 413, pp. 238–242, 2003
9. Analyzing bone, blood vessels, and biomaterials with microcomputed tomography - A powerful tool for the evaluation and optimization of strategies for engineering tissues
   IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 77–83, 2003
10. Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 131–137, 2003
11. Physiology and pathophysiology of the growth plate
    Birth Defects Research Part C: Embryo Today: Reviews, vol. 69, no. 2, pp. 123–143, 2003
12. Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 544–547, 2002
13. Human disease-causing NOG missense mutations: Effects on noggin secretion, dimer formation, and bone morphogenetic protein binding
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 98, no. 20, pp. 11353–11358, 2001
14. Chondrodysplasias
    Current Opinion in Orthopedics, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 347–352, 2000
15. Compartment Syndrome in Ipsilateral Humerus and Forearm Fractures in Children
    Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, vol. 376, pp. 32–38, 2000
16. Salter-Harris Type II Fractures of the Capital Femoral Epiphysis
    Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, vol. 14, no. 7, pp. 510–514, 2000
17. Expression of Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitors in Epiphyseal Chondrocytes Induced to Terminally Differentiate with Thyroid Hormone
    Endocrinology, vol. 141, no. 12, pp. 4552–4557, 2000
18. Expression of Thyroid Hormone Receptor Isoforms in Rat Growth Plate Cartilage In Vivo
    Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, vol. 14, no. 9, pp. 1550–1556, 1999
19. Cell cycle genes in chondrocyte proliferation and differentiation
    Matrix Biology, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 109–120, 1999
20. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, vol. 18, no. 12, pp. 1102–1103, 1999
21. Expression pattern of twoFrizzled-related genes,Frzb-1 andSfrp-1, during mouse embryogenesis suggests a role for modulating action ofWnt family members
    Developmental Dynamics, vol. 212, no. 3, pp. 364–372, 1998
22. Regulation of the expression of the type-II collagen gene in periosteum-derived cells by three members of the transforming growth factor-? superfamily
    Journal of Orthopaedic Research, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 463–467, 1997
23. The Prevalence of Nonmuscular Causes of Torticollis in Children
    Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, pp. 500–504, 1996
24. Growth factor modulation of the formation of a molded vascularized bone graft in vivo
    The Journal of Hand Surgery, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 94–100, 1995
25. Thyroxine is the serum factor that regulates morphogenesis of columnar cartilage from isolated chondrocytes in chemically defined medium
    The Journal of Cell Biology, vol. 126, no. 5, pp. 1311–1318, 1994
26. Suboptimal (thin) distal cement mantle thickness as a contributory factor in total hip arthroplasty femoral component failure A retrospective radiographic analysis favoring distal stem centralization
    The Journal of Arthroplasty, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 143–149, 1994
27. Inhibition of the chondrocyte phenotype by retinoic acid involves upregulation of metalloprotease genes independent of TGF-?
    Journal of Cellular Physiology, vol. 159, no. 2, pp. 340–346, 1994
28. Role for autocrine TGF-?1 in regulating differentiation of a human leukemic cell line toward osteoclast-like cells
    Journal of Cellular Physiology, vol. 160, no. 3, pp. 482–490, 1994
29. TGF-ß1 Prevents Hypertrophy of Epiphyseal Chondrocytes: Regulation of Gene Expression for Cartilage Matrix Proteins and Metalloproteases
    Developmental Biology, vol. 158, no. 2, pp. 414–429, 1993
30. The effect of pin location on the rigidity of the halo pin-bone interface
    Neurosurgery, p. 238, 1990
31. The Effect of Angled Insertion on Halo Pin Fixation
    Spine, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 781–783, 1989
32. Use of patellar tendon autograft for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in the rabbit: A long-term histologic and biomechanical study
    Journal of Orthopaedic Research, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 474–485, 1989