Cypris, Olivia
Frobel, Joana
Rai, Shivam
Franzen, Julia
Sontag, Stephanie
Goetzke, Roman
Szymanski de Toledo, Marcelo A.
Zenke, Martin
Wagner, Wolfgang https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1971-3217
Funding for this research was provided by:
Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung (2014_A193)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (WA1706/8-1, WA1706/11-1)
Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Klinische Forschung, Medizinische Fakultät der RWTH Aachen (O1-3, O1-4)
Article History
Received: 5 November 2018
Accepted: 17 January 2019
First Online: 4 February 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Mesenchymal stromal cells were isolated from bone marrow (<i>caput femoris</i>) of patients undergoing orthopedic surgery after written consent and the study was approved by the Ethic Committee of the Use of Human Subjects at the University of Aachen (permit number: EK128/09).
: Not applicable.
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