Articular cartilage aging and degeneration

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 263-275

  Martin, James A ^a   Buckwalter, Joseph A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Articular cartilage; Degeneration; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000695834     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00132585-199600430-00007     Document Type: Article

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