Evaluation of bee venom and hyaluronic acid in the intra-articular treatment of osteoarthritis in an experimental rabbit model

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 488-493

  Ozlem Nisbet, H ^a   Ozak, Ahmet ^a   Yardimci, Cenk ^a   Nisbet, Cevat ^a   Yarim, Murat ^a   Koray Bayrak, I ^a   Sinan Sirin, Y ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bee venom; Experimental; Histopathology; Hyaluronic acid; Magnetic resonance; Osteoarthritis; Rabbit; Radiography

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BEE VENOM; CREATININE; HYALURONIC ACID; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NITROGEN; UREA;

ADHESION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RABBIT; TIBIA;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BEE VENOMS; BLOOD PROTEINS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CREATININE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HYALURONIC ACID; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RABBITS;

APOIDEA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 84861481735     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: 15322661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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