From the *Unfall- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Charité der Humboldt Universität Berlin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany,
†Cambridge Scientific, Inc., Cambridge, and
‡Orthopaedic Research Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
This work was supported in part by NIH/NIDR Grant No. 1 R43 DE 12290–01A1 and NIH/NIAMS Grant AR 45062 (to K.-U.L.).
Acknowledgment date: October 11, 2001.
Acceptance date: January 23, 2002.
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