Histomorphological evaluation of diabetic and non-diabetic plantar soft tissue

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 802-810

  Wang, Yak Nam ^a   Lee, Kara ^a   Ledoux, William R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Adipocyte; Diabetes; Elastic septae; Plantar soft tissue; Skin

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSE TISSUE CELL; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; CADAVER; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; HEEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERDIGITATION INDEX; MALE; METATARSAL BONE; MORPHOMETRICS; PLANTAR SOFT TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOFT TISSUE; STEREOLOGY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY MASS INDEX; COLLAGEN; DERMIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELASTIC TISSUE; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; SKIN;

EID: 80051673759     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2011.0802     Document Type: Article

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