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Volume 18, Issue 9 , Pages 1174-1182 , September 2010

Surface grafting of biocompatible phospholipid polymer MPC provides wear resistance of tibial polyethylene insert in artificial knee joints

T. Moro
- Department of Science for Joint Reconstruction, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
Y. Takatori
- Department of Science for Joint Reconstruction, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
M. Kyomoto
- Department of Science for Joint Reconstruction, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
K. Ishihara
- Department of Materials Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
K. Saiga
- Department of Science for Joint Reconstruction, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
K. Nakamura
- Department of Sensory & Motor System Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
H. Kawaguchi
- Department of Sensory & Motor System Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Sensory & Motor System Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan. Tel: 81-3-3815-5411x30473; Fax: 81-3-3818-4082.