Effect of repeated freezing-thawing on the Achilles tendon of rabbits

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1028-1034

  Chen, Lianxu ^a   Wu, Yanping ^b   Yu, Jiakuo ^a   Jiao, Zhaode ^b   Ao, Yingfang ^a   Yu, Changlong ^a   Wang, Jianquan ^a   Cui, Guoqing ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

^b YIDU CENTRAL HOSPITAL OF WEIFANG   (China)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Biomechanics; Histology; Repeated freezing thawing

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; FREEZING; HEAT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RABBIT; RANDOMIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TENDON INJURY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FREEZING; HOT TEMPERATURE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TENDON INJURIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 79956103167     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1278-y     Document Type: Article

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