A morphological study of bone and articular cartilage in ochronosis

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 436, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 74-81

  Di Franco, Manuela ^a   Coari, Giulio ^a   Bonucci, Ermanno ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arthropathy alkaptonuria; Bone; Cartilage; Ochronosis

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; MINERAL; PIGMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE REMODELING; BONE TISSUE; CALCIFICATION; CARTILAGE CELL; CASE REPORT; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL VACUOLE; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMB; MACROPHAGE; MORPHOLOGY; OCHRONOSIS; OSTEOCLAST; OSTEOCYTE; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034004159     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00008202     Document Type: Article

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