Leukocyte-Rich vs. Leukocyte-Poor Platelet-Rich Plasma for the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis

Ashim Gupta^{1

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3

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5}, Madhan Jeyaraman^{4

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6}, Anish G Potty⁴

Affiliations

¹ Regenerative Orthopaedics, Noida 201301, UP, India.
² Future Biologics, Lawrenceville, GA 30043, USA.
³ BioIntegrate, Lawrenceville, GA 30043, USA.
⁴ South Texas Orthopaedic Research Institute (STORI Inc.), Laredo, TX 78045, USA.
⁵ Indian Stem Cell Study Group (ISCSG) Association, Lucknow 226010, UP, India.
⁶ Department of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, Sri Lalithambigai Medical College and Hospital, Dr. MGR Educational and Research Institute, Chennai 600095, TN, India.

Editorial

Ashim Gupta et al. Biomedicines. 2023.

. 2023 Jan 6;11(1):141.

doi: 10.3390/biomedicines11010141.

Ashim Gupta^{1

2

3

4

5}, Madhan Jeyaraman^{4

5

6}, Anish G Potty⁴

¹ Regenerative Orthopaedics, Noida 201301, UP, India.
² Future Biologics, Lawrenceville, GA 30043, USA.
³ BioIntegrate, Lawrenceville, GA 30043, USA.
⁴ South Texas Orthopaedic Research Institute (STORI Inc.), Laredo, TX 78045, USA.
⁵ Indian Stem Cell Study Group (ISCSG) Association, Lucknow 226010, UP, India.
⁶ Department of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, Sri Lalithambigai Medical College and Hospital, Dr. MGR Educational and Research Institute, Chennai 600095, TN, India.

Abstract

Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a well-established form of OA and accounts for nearly 4/5 of global OA burden […].

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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