α-Smooth muscle actin containing contractile fibroblastic cells in human knee arthrofibrosis tissue. Winner of the AGA-DonJoy Award 2003

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 585-591

  Unterhauser, Frank N ^a   Bosch, Ulrich ^b   Zeichen, Johannes ^b   Weiler, Andreas ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Smooth muscle actin; Arthrofibrosis; Immunohistochemistry; Knee; Myofibroblast

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROFIBROSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MYOFIBROBLAST; PATELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNOVIOCYTE; WOUND HEALING;

ACTINS; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT;

EID: 7744235546     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-004-0742-x     Document Type: Article

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