Ultrastructural and immunocytochemical evaluation of the effects of extracorporeal shock wave treatment in the hind limbs of horses with experimentally induced suspensory ligament desmitis

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 892-896

  Caminoto, Elisa H ^a,b   Alves, Ana Liz G ^a   Amorim, Renée L ^a   Thomassian, Armen ^a   Hussni, Carlos A ^a   Nicoletti, José Luis M ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; COLLAGENASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK WAVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALING; HINDLIMB; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIGAMENT DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; HINDLIMB; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LIGAMENTS; MALE;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 20444468860     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2005.66.892     Document Type: Article

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