Articular cartilage in the knee joint of the African elephant, Loxodonta africana, blumenbach 1797

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 269, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 118-127

  Egger, Gunter F ^a   Witter, Kirsti ^a   Weissengruber, Gerald ^a   Forstenpointner, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Collagen; Glycosaminoglycans; Proteoglycans; Stifle joint

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CYTOLOGY; ELEPHANT; HISTOLOGY; KNEE; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; COLLAGEN; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELEPHANTS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 37649008042     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10600     Document Type: Article

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