Age-related changes of elements and relationships among elements in human tendons and ligaments

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 129-142

  Yamada, Motohisa ^a   Tohno, Yoshiyuki ^a   Tohno, Setsuko ^a   Moriwake, Yumi ^a   Azuma, Cho ^a   Utsumi, Masako ^a   Minami, Takeshi ^b   Takano, Yasuo ^c   Takakura, Yoshinori ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Calcium; Ligament; Magnesium; Phosphorus; Tendon

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ELEMENT; IRON; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; SODIUM; SULFUR; ZINC;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAPHRAGM; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGAMENT; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; TENDON;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CALCIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MAGNESIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHORUS; TENDONS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 2342464830     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:98:2:129     Document Type: Article

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