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Tissue repair in the body—in particular, in situations where there is an overlying pathology such as osteoarthritis—may not functionally provide adequate material to allow loading and stressing under physiological conditions to occur.
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Minns, R.J. (1990). Tissue Repair with the Aid of Carbon Fibre. In: Hukins, D.W.L. (eds) Connective Tissue Matrix. Topics in Molecular and Structural Biology. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09865-1_10
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