Morphological changes in articular cartilage due to static compression: Polarized light microscopy study

Connective Tissue Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 76-84

  Alhadlaq, Hisham A ^a,b   Xia, Yang ^a   Hansen, Fay M ^a   Les, Clifford M ^c   Lust, George ^d  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Collagen; Compression; Paraffin embedding; Polarized light microscopy

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CLAMP; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHONDROCYTES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DOGS; HUMERUS; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 34247554204     PISSN: 03008207     EISSN: 16078438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03008200601130950     Document Type: Article

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