Quantitative comparison of soft tissue-bone interface at chondral ligament insertions in the rabbit knee joint

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 367-373

  Gao, Jizong ^a   Messner, Karola ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Enthesis; Fibrocartilage; Image analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE; CARTILAGE; FEMUR; KNEE; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; KNEE LIGAMENT; NONHUMAN; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SOFT TISSUE; STRENGTH; TIBIA;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CALCINOSIS; FEMUR; KNEE JOINT; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT, KNEE; MOVEMENT; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; RABBITS; TIBIA;

EID: 0029919233     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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