The structure and histopathology of the "enthesis organ" at the navicular insertion of the tendon of tibialis posterior

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 508-517

  Moriggl, Bernhard ^a   Kumai, Tsukasa ^b   Milz, Stefan ^c   Benjamin, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enthesis; Enthesopathy; Histopathology; Spondyloarthropathy; Tibialis posterior

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; ALCIAN BLUE; COLLAGEN ANTIBODY; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; EOSIN; FORMALDEHYDE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HEMATOXYLIN; LINK PROTEIN; PROTEOGLYCAN; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE; VERSICAN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CALCANEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; ENTHESOPATHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGAMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPHOID BONE; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; TENDON SHEATH; TIBIALIS POSTERIOR MUSCLE; TISSUE FIXATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPONDYLARTHROPATHIES; TARSAL BONES; TENDONS; TIBIA;

EID: 0037333928     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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