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Therapeutic Potential of Multilineage-Differentiating Stress-Enduring Cells for Osteochondral Repair in a Rat Model
Table 4
Macroscopic scores.
(a) Coverage |
| 4 W | 12 W | Control | Non-Muse | Muse | Control | Non-Muse | Muse |
| 0.8 ± 0.4 | 1.3 ± 0.5 | 1.8 ± 0.8 | 0.5 ± 0.6 | 1.5 ± 0.5 | 3.5 ± 0.5 |
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(b) Neocartilage color |
| 4 W | 12 W | Control | Non-Muse | Muse | Control | Non-Muse | Muse |
| 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | 2.2 ± 0.8 |
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(c) Defect margins |
| 4 W | 12 W | Control | Non-Muse | Muse | Control | Non-Muse | Muse |
| 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | 2.3 ± 0.5 |
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(d) Surface |
| 4 W | 12 W | Control | Non-Muse | Muse | Control | Non-Muse | Muse |
| 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | 2.0 ± 0 |
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Significantly better than control ().
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