Histological evaluation and comparison of the anteromedial and posterolateral bundle of the human anterior cruciate ligament of the osteoarthritic knee joint

Knee

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-50

  Watanabe, Arata ^a   Kanamori, Akihiro ^a   Ikeda, Kotaro ^b   Ochiai, Naoyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Ichihara Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Anteromedial bundle; Histological study; Osteoarthritis; Posterolateral bundle

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE;

EID: 78649904675     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2009.12.009     Document Type: Article

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