Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 26-32 , March 2006

Growth and Differentiation Factor-5: New Frontiers to Bone Repair and Spinal Fusion

  • Chantal E. Holy, PhD

      Affiliations

    • DePuy Spine, Raynham, MA, USA
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  • F. Jerry Volenec, PhD

      Affiliations

    • DePuy Spine, Raynham, MA, USA
    • ,
  • Jens Pohl, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Biopharm, Heidelberg, Germany
    • ,
  • Rolf Bechtold, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Biopharm, Heidelberg, Germany
    • ,
  • Scott P. Bruder, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • DePuy Spine, Raynham, MA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Scott P. Bruder, MD, PhD, DePuy Biologics, a division of DePuy Spine, 325 Paramount Drive, Raynham, MA 02767

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PII: S1040-7383(06)00007-4

doi: 10.1053/j.semss.2006.01.006

Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 26-32 , March 2006

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