Structural characteristics of the collagen network in human normal, degraded and repair articular cartilages observed in polarized light and scanning electron microscopies

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1458-1468

  Changoor, A ^a   Nelea, M ^a   Methot S ^b   Tran Khanh, N ^a   Chevrier, A ^a   Restrepo, A ^b   Shive, M S ^b   Hoemann, C D ^a   Buschmann, M D ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Piramal Enterprises Limited   (India)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage degradation; Articular cartilage repair; Collagen fibre diameter; Histological score; Polarized light microscopy; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMUR CONDYLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT BIOPSY; MALE; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE REPAIR;

BIOPSY; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; COLLAGEN; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; REGENERATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82955248164     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: 15229653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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