Correlation of Ulnar Length and Apoptotic Cell Death in Degenerative Lesions of the Triangular Fibrocartilage

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 299-304

  Unglaub, Frank ^a,b,c   Wolf, Maya Barbara ^b   Thome, Martin Andreas ^d   Germann, Guenter ^a   Sauerbier, Michael ^a   Reiter, Andreas ^b  

^a BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen   (Germany)

^b Vulpiusklinik ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Degeneration; Palmer IIC; TFCC; Ulnar impaction syndrome

Indexed keywords

NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN P85;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; APOPTOSIS; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CELL DEATH; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NICK END LABELING; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE; ULNA; ULNA LENGTH; ARTHROPATHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; WRIST;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE; ULNA; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 43049171959     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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