An immunohistochemical study of the triangular fibrocartilage complex of the wrist: Regional variations in cartilage phenotype

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-7

  Milz, Stefan ^a,b   Sicking, B ^b   Sprecher, C M ^a   Putz, R ^b   Benjamin, M ^c  

^a AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggrecan; Triangular fibrocartilage complex; Type II collagen; Ulnocarpal complex

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; CARTILAGE OLIGOMERIC MATRIX PROTEIN; CHONDROITIN 4 SULFATE; CHONDROITIN 6 SULFATE; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 6; DERMATAN SULFATE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; KERATAN SULFATE; LINK PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEOGLYCAN; TENASCIN; VERSICAN;

AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE; WATER CONTENT; WRIST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGRECANS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COLLAGEN TYPE I; COLLAGEN TYPE III; COLLAGEN TYPE VI; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PROTEOGLYCANS; RADIUS; TENASCIN; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE; ULNA; VERSICANS;

EID: 34447117199     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00742.x     Document Type: Article

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