Are matrix and vascular changes involved in the pathogenesis of deep digital flexor tendon injury in the horse?

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 289-295

  Beck, Sam ^a   Blunden, Tony ^b   Dyson, Sue ^b   Murray, Rachel ^b  

^a part of Linnaeus veterinary limited   (United Kingdom)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equine; Foot; Histopathology; Lameness; Pain

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP DIGITAL FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; FOOT PAIN; FORELIMB; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MICROANALYSIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; FOOT DISEASES; FORELIMB; HOOF AND CLAW; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; PROTEOGLYCANS; TENDON INJURIES;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 80052834437     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2010.07.015     Document Type: Article

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