A microscopic and immunocytochemical study of structural changes in dysfunctional human temporomandibular joint discs

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 549-557

  Marchetti, C ^a   Piacentini, C ^a   Farina, A ^a   Bernasconi, G ^a   Calligaro, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

immunocytochemistry; light microscopy; myofibroblasts; TMJ disc; transmission electron microscopy; vascular proliferation

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BLOOD VESSEL; CAPILLARY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAST CELL; METABOLISM; MICROFILAMENT; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; PATHOLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTINS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BLOOD VESSELS; CAPILLARIES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CYTOPLASM; FIBROBLASTS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAST CELLS; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS;

EID: 0029315968     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-9969(94)00192-E     Document Type: Article

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