Radial fibre proportions in human knee joint menisci. Measurement by scanning optical microscopy

Acta Anatomica

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 212-217

  Leslie, B W ^a   Gardner, D L ^b   Cunningham, D S ^b   McGeough, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Knee joint; Meniscus; Radial collagen; Scanning optical microscopy

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE MENISCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032452994     PISSN: 00015180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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