C4d deposits mark sites of meniscal tissue disintegration

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 449, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 230-233

  Dankof, Anja ^a   Krenn, Veit ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Institute of Pathology Trier   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Extracell matrix; Immunohistochem

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN, HUMAN; COMPLEMENT C4D; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B; DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; COMPLEMENT C4B; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS;

EID: 39049194267     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: 14322307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-006-0221-6     Document Type: Article

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