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Morphogenesis of the Patellofemoral Joint

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The development of the patella and the femoropatellar joint is intimately related to the development of the tendon of quadriceps and the knee joint which are integrated morphologically and functionally, providing the articular component for the extension mechanism.

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  1. Trauma Unit, Clinica Cemtro, Madrid, Spain

    Pedro Guillen-Garcia

  2. Unidad de Investigation Biomedica, Madrid, Spain

    Pedro Guillen-Garcia

  3. Universidad Catolica San Antonio de Murcia, Murcia, Spain

    Pedro Guillen-Garcia

  4. Clinica Cemtro, Madrid, Spain

    José Francisco Rodríguez-Vázquez

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  1. Orthopaedic Arthroscopic Surgery, International (O.A.S.I.) Bioresearch Foundation, Gobbi N.P.O., Milan, Italy

    Alberto Gobbi

  2. Medical Centre of Excellence, Clínica do Dragão – Espregueira- Mendes Sports Centre – FIFA, Porto, Portugal

    João Espregueira-Mendes

  3. Department of Orthopaedics, Osaka Health Science University, Osaka, Japan

    Norimasa Nakamura

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Guillen-Garcia, P., Rodríguez-Vázquez, J.F. (2014). Morphogenesis of the Patellofemoral Joint. In: Gobbi, A., Espregueira-Mendes, J., Nakamura, N. (eds) The Patellofemoral Joint. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54965-6_2

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