Microfractures and microcracks in subchondral bone: Are they relevant to osteoarthrosis?

Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 675-685

  Burr, David B ^a   Radin, Eric L ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYALIN;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE DENSITY; BONE INJURY; BONE PLATE; BONE REMODELING; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; FRACTURE; METAPHYSIS; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRABECULAR BONE; VASCULARIZATION; WEIGHT BEARING; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0142062926     PISSN: 0889857X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-857X(03)00061-9     Document Type: Review

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