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Stem Cells International
Volume 2012, Article ID 291431, 7 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/291431
Review Article

Stem Cells for Augmenting Tendon Repair

Lawrence V. Gulotta, Salma Chaudhury, and Daniel Wiznia

Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 E 70th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA

Received 15 August 2011; Accepted 2 October 2011

Academic Editor: Wasim S. Khan

Copyright © 2012 Lawrence V. Gulotta et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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