Increased Cartilage Oligomeric Matrix Protein Concentrations in Equine Digital Flexor Tendon Sheath Synovial Fluid Predicts Intrathecal Tendon Damage

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-58

  Smith, Matthew R W ^a   Wright, Ian M ^b   Minshall, Gaynor J ^b   Dudhia, Jay ^a   Verheyen, Kristien ^a   Heinegård, Dick ^c   Smith, Roger K W ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWMARKET EQUINE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Section for Connective Tissue Biology   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARTILAGE MATRIX PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; SCLEROPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; METABOLISM; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TENDON INJURY; TENOSYNOVITIS;

ANIMALS; CADAVER; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCOPROTEINS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TENDON INJURIES; TENOSYNOVITIS;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 78650746465     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2010.00751.x     Document Type: Article

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