Medial collateral knee ligament healing. Combined medial collateral and anterior cruciate ligament injuries studied in rabbits

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 142-148

  Woo, Savio L Y ^a   Niyibizi, Christopher ^a   Matyas, John ^a   Kavalkovich, Karl ^a   Weaver Green, Colleen ^a   Fox, Ross J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; PYRIDINIUM DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; ELASTICITY; HEALING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPHYTE; RABBIT;

EID: 0030970945     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679709003997     Document Type: Article

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