Adaptive alterations of elastic fibers in the bilaminar zone of rabbit temporomandibular joint following disc displacement

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1772-1776

  Gu, Zhiyuan ^a   Wu, Huiling ^a   Feng, Jianying ^a   Shibata, Takanori ^b   Hu, Ji'an ^a   Zhang, Yinkai ^a   Xie, Zhijian ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior disc displacement; Elastic fiber; Temporomandibular joint

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTIC FIBER; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RABBIT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISLOCATIONS; ELASTIC TISSUE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; RABBITS; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISK; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS;

EID: 0036963393     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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