Quantitative analysis of collagen network structure and fibril dimensions in cartilage repair with autologous chondrocyte transplantation

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 351-360

  Lngsjö, Teemu K ^a,b   Vasara, Anna I ^c   Hyttinen, Mika M ^a   Lammi, Mikko J ^a   Kaukinen, Antti ^a   Helminen, Heikki J ^a   Kiviranta, Ilkka ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Autologous chondrocyte transplantation; Collagen network; Morphometry; Pig; Stereology; Ultrastructural properties

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; COLLAGEN TYPE 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; AUTOLOGOUS CHONDROCYTE TRANSPLANTATION; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CARTILAGE BIOPSY; CARTILAGE CELL; CHONDROCYTE IMPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNEE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STEREOLOGY; TISSUE REPAIR;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CELLS, CULTURED; CHONDROCYTES; COLLAGEN TYPE II; KNEE JOINT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SWINE; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 78649329576     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319469     Document Type: Article

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