Natural healing of anterior and posterior attachments of the rabbit meniscus

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 328, Issue , 1996, Pages 276-284

  Gao, Jizong ^a,b   Messner, Karola ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SYNOVITIS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0029951149     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199607000-00042     Document Type: Article

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