The fate of soft callus chondrocytes during long bone fracture repair

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 54-61

  Ford, Joanna L ^a   Robinson, Derek E ^a   Scammell, Brigitte E ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone repair; Cartilage; Cell death; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

BONE; CARTILAGE; FRACTURE; IMMUNOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BONE FRACTURE;

ORTHOPEDICS;

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; KERATAN SULFATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; BONE MATRIX; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE REMODELING; CALLUS; CARTILAGE CELL; CARTILAGE MATRIX; CELL DEATH; CELL FATE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FRACTURE HEALING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIME; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0037260104     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-0266(02)00087-6     Document Type: Article

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