Structure, function, and adaptation of tendon

Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 57-61

  Blevins, Field T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEOGLYCAN;

EXERCISE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TENDON GRAFT; TENDON INJURY;

EID: 0030463684     PISSN: 10419918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001433-199612000-00012     Document Type: Review

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