Observation of the ultrastructure of anterior cruciate ligament graft by atomic force microscopy

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Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-23

  Chen, Hsiang Ho ^a   Lintner, D M ^b   Luo, Z P ^c  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL; AFM; Collagen fibril; Graft; Ultra structure

Indexed keywords

ACL; ACL RECONSTRUCTION; AFM; AFM IMAGES; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT GRAFTS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENTS; ATOMIC FORCES; ATOMIC-FORCE MICROSCOPIES; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; MECHANICAL ENVIRONMENTS; TAPPING MODES; ULTRA-STRUCTURE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COLLAGEN; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); LIGAMENTS; RESTORATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

GRAFTS;

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE;

EID: 60849139077     PISSN: 01610457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sca.20137     Document Type: Article

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