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Research Article

Ciliated cell observation by SEM on the surface of human incudo-malleolar-joint articular cartilage: are they a new chondrocyte phenotype?

Michela RelucentiSAIMLAL Department, Faculty of Pharmacy and Medicine, Laboratory of Electron Microscopy “Pietro Motta”, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; Correspondence[email protected]
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Selenia MigliettaSAIMLAL Department, Faculty of Pharmacy and Medicine, Laboratory of Electron Microscopy “Pietro Motta”, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; View further author information
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Edoardo CovelliNESMOS Department, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Otolaryngology Clinic, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; View further author information
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Pietro FamiliariNESMOS Department, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Neurosurgery Clinic, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, ItalyView further author information
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Ezio BattaglioneSAIMLAL Department, Faculty of Pharmacy and Medicine, Laboratory of Electron Microscopy “Pietro Motta”, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; View further author information
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Giuseppe FamiliariSAIMLAL Department, Faculty of Pharmacy and Medicine, Laboratory of Electron Microscopy “Pietro Motta”, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; View further author information
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Maurizio BarbaraNESMOS Department, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Otolaryngology Clinic, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; View further author information
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Pages 439-443 | Received 08 Oct 2018, Accepted 23 Jan 2019, Published online: 26 Feb 2019

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