Sex matters in the establishment of murine tendon composition and material properties during growth

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 631-638

  Mikic, Borjana ^a   Amadei, Elizabeth ^a   Rossmeier, Kerri ^a   Bierwert, LouAnn ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Composition; Material properties; Mouse; Sex; Tendon

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; BONE MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LIGAMENT INJURY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURITY; TENDON; WEIGHT BEARING; YOUNG MODULUS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; COLLAGEN; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TENDON INJURIES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77949821094     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.21034     Document Type: Article

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