Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9212896 | Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | 2005 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
PRP preparation with thrombin results in a large, immediate release of growth factors that could be lost into the interstitium in vivo. TRAP-BS may prove more efficacious than thrombin in sustaining growth factor levels critical for the cascade of events leading to bone formation.
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Authors
Rick C. DMD, MD, Jennifer MS, Andrea BS, Sidney B. DDS, Helen H. PhD, Regina DMD, PhD,