Immature animals have higher cellular density in the healing anterior cruciate ligament than adolescent or adult animals

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1100-1106

  Mastrangelo, Ashley N ^a   Haus, Brian M ^a   Vavken, Patrick ^a   Palmer, Matthew P ^a   Machan, Jason T ^b   Murray, Martha M ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Anterior cruciate ligament; Platelet; Skeletally immature; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL POPULATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; COMPOSITE GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; GROUPS BY AGE; HISTOLOGY; MINIPIG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUTURING METHOD; THROMBOCYTE; TISSUE REACTION; WOUND HEALING; AGING; ANIMAL; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INJURY; PHYSIOLOGY; SWINE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CELL COUNT; FIBROBLASTS; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77954711666     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.21070     Document Type: Article

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