Trace elements in human tendons and ligaments

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 151-161

  Kumai, Tsukasa ^a   Yamada, Gen ^b   Takakura, Yoshinori ^a   Tohno, Yoshiyuki ^a   Benjamin, Mike ^c  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extracellular matrix; Fibrocartilage; Ligament; Peroneus longus tendon; Proteoglycan; Tendon; Trace element; Wrap around tendon

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; IRON; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEOGLYCAN; SODIUM; SULFATE; SULFUR; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANATOMY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARTILAGINOUS TISSUE; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; FIBROCARTILAGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIGAMENT; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; REVIEW; SESAMOID BONE; TENDON;

EID: 33846250044     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:114:1:151     Document Type: Review

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