Cartilage oligomeric matrix protein and hyaluronan levels in synovial fluid from horses with osteoarthritis of the tarsometatarsal joint compared to a control population

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 502-507

  Taylor, S E ^a   Weaver, M P ^a   Pitsillides, A A ^b   Wheeler, B T ^b   Wheeler Jones, C P D ^b   Shaw, D J ^a   Smith, R K W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone spavin; COMP; Horse; Osteoarthritis; Synovial fluid

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARTILAGE MATRIX PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; HYALURONIC ACID; SCLEROPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TARSAL JOINT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HYALURONIC ACID; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; TARSAL JOINTS;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33751203834     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: 04251644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516406X156073     Document Type: Article

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