Effect of heparin on tendon degeneration: An experimental study on rats

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 247-253

  Tatari, Hasan ^a,b   Koşay, Can ^a   Baran, Önder ^a   Özcan, Özal ^a   Özer, Erdener ^a   Ulukuş, Çaǧnur ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Pathology ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Achilles; Heparin; Tendinitis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; HEPARIN;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; PATHOLOGY; RAT; TENDINITIS; WISTAR RAT; WOUND HEALING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TENDINOPATHY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0035407936     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001670100193     Document Type: Article

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