Expression of leptin, leptin receptor, and connective tissue growth factor in degenerative disk lesions in the wrist

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 755-760

  Unglaub, Frank ^a,b,c   Wolf, Maya B ^b,c   Kroeber, Markus W ^e   Dragu, Adrian ^a   Schwarz, Stephan ^a   Mittlmeier, Thomas ^d   Kloeters, Oliver ^c   Horch, Raymund E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Vulpius Klinik GmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^e Klinik St Anna   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE BIOPSY; CARTILAGE CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISK LESION; FEMALE; FIBROCARTILAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE; ULNA; WRIST; WRIST DISEASE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CELLS, CULTURED; CHONDROCYTES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JOINT DISEASES; LEPTIN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 79957901725     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: 15263231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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