Ultrastructural and Morphological Characteristics of Human Anterior Cruciate Ligament and Hamstring Tendons

Anatomical Record

Volumn 295, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1430-1436

  Zhu, Jingxian ^a   Zhang, Xin ^a   Ma, Yong ^a   Zhou, Chunyan ^b   Ao, yingfang ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Collagen fibrils; Hamstring tendons; Human anterior cruciate ligament; Microstructure

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; DECORIN; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENSITY; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOLOGY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RUPTURE; TENDONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865292477     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.22527     Document Type: Article

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