Osteochondrosis of the primary ossification center (Köhler's disease of the patella), however, is infrequently described in the literature. Our case seems to be the first case of isolated painful ...

Introduction: Developmental engineering based on endochondral ossification has been proposed as a potential strategy for repairing of critical bone defects. Bone development is driven by growth ...

Taken together, these findings indicate that tensile loading may play a key role in promoting both intramembranous and endochondral ossification of MSCs in a context-dependent manner. In both cases, ...