Histological study of fresh versus frozen semitendinous muscle tendon allografts

Clinics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 297-303

  Bitar, Alexandre Carneiro ^a   Santos, Luiz Augusto Ubirajara ^a   Croci, Alberto Tesconi ^a   Pereira, João Alberto Ramos Maradei ^a   Bisneto, Edgard N França ^a   Giovani, Arlete Mazzini Miranda ^a   Oliveira, Claudia Regina G C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Histology; Tendons; Tissue banks; Tissue transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON;

ADULT; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 77953521327     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322010000300010     Document Type: Article

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