Increased vascular penetration and nerve growth in the meniscus: A potential source of pain in osteoarthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 523-529

  Ashraf, Sadaf ^a   Wibberley, Helen ^a   Mapp, Paul Ian ^a   Hill, Roger ^b   Wilson, Deborah ^b   Walsh, David Andrew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b SHERWOOD FOREST HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; COLLAGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INNERVATION; CHONDROPATHY; FEMALE; FIBROCARTILAGE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE GROWTH; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SYNOVIUM; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79951498061     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2010.137844     Document Type: Article

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