Blood and lymph supply of the posterior cruciate ligament: A cadaver study

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 42-50

  Petersen, Wolf ^a   Tillmann, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 nucleotidase; Blood supply; Fibrocartilage; Laminin; Lymphatics; Posterior cruciate ligament

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNEE LIGAMENT; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT;

EID: 0032609543     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001670050119     Document Type: Article

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