Variations in articular calcified cartilage by site and exercise in the 18-month-old equine distal metacarpal condyle

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1283-1292

  Doube, M ^a   Firth, E C ^b   Boyde, A ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bone; Equine; Exercise; Osteoarthritis; Tidemark

Indexed keywords

CALCEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERALIZATION; CALCIFICATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXERCISE TEST; HORSE DISEASE; METACARPAL BONE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; HORSES; METACARPUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL;

EID: 35648966633     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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