Novel aspects to the structure of rabbit articular cartilage

European Cells and Materials

Volumn 4, Issue , 2002, Pages 18-29

  Ap Gwynn, I ^a   Wade, S ^a   Ito, K ^b   Richards, R G ^b   Archer, C ^c  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Collagen; Proteoglycans; Rabbit; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; ALDEHYDE; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RABBIT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIBIA; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE PREPARATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 3242750648     PISSN: 14732262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22203/eCM.v004a02     Document Type: Article

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