Highly viscous sodium hyaluronate and joint lubrication

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 116-121

  Mori, S ^a,b   Naito, M ^b   Moriyama, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT FUNCTION; LUBRICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNOVIAL FLUID LEVEL; THICKNESS; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0036937210     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-002-0330-z     Document Type: Article

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