Ultrastructural differences in cranial cruciate ligaments from dogs of two Breeds with a differing predisposition to ligament degeneration and rupture

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-16

  Comerford, E J ^a   Tarlton, J F ^a   Wales, A ^a   Bailey, A J ^a   Innes, J F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collagen fibrils; Cranial cruciate ligament; Dog; Fibrocartilage; Ligament

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BREED; CARTILAGE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE DEGENERATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DOGS; FEMALE; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; FIBROCARTILAGE; MALE; RUPTURE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 30844462979     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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