Chondral metaplasia in calcific insertional tendinopathy of the Achilles tendon

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 329-334

  Maffulli, Nicola ^a   Reaper, Jacqueline ^b   Ewen, Stanley Wb ^b   Waterston, Stuart W ^b   Barrass, Victoria ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcific Achilles tendinopathy; Cell culture; Collagen expression

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 3;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIFIC INSERTIONAL ACHILLES TENDINOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METAPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON DISEASE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; CALCINOSIS; COLLAGEN TYPE II; COLLAGEN TYPE III; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 33746422968     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042752-200607000-00008     Document Type: Article

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