Musculoskeletal tissue banking in Singapore: 15 years of experience (1988-2003)

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dec 2004 by Nather, A

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The author thanks the National University of Singapore for providing the research grant, RP 880334 'Use of allograft for bridging large bone defects', and the Totaliser Board for granting S$239 965 for the project 'Bone and ligament allograft transplantation in Orthopaedic Surgery', as well as Ms Jamaliah Baharim, Mr Chris Lee Choon Wei and Dr Wang Lihui for rendering secretarial assistance and Mr Tan Boon Kiat for providing the photographs.

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