The normal human chondro-osseous junctional region: Evidence for contact of uncalcified cartilage with subchondral bone and marrow spaces

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Lyons, Tim J ^a   McClure, Sheena F ^b   Stoddart, Robert W ^b   McClure, John ^c  

^a ROYAL NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BONE PLATE; CALCIFICATION; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CARTILAGE MATRIX; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; STAINING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIBIA SHAFT;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; BONE AND BONES; BONE MARROW; CADAVER; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHONDROCYTES; COLORING AGENTS; EOSINE YELLOWISH-(YS); FLUORESCENT DYES; HEMATOXYLIN; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KNEE JOINT; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUES; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 33747394448     PISSN: 14712474     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-7-52     Document Type: Article

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