Comparative study of depth-dependent characteristics of equine and human osteochondral tissue from the medial and lateral femoral condyles

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1147-1151

  Malda, J ^a,b   Benders, K E M ^a,b   Klein, T J ^b   de Grauw, J C ^c   Kik, M J L ^c   Hutmacher, D W ^b   Saris, D B F ^a   van Weeren, P R ^c   Dhert, W J A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal model; Cartilage; Collagen; Glycosaminoglycans; Zonal

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; DNA; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; DNA CONTENT; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMUR CONDYLE; FEMUR LATERAL CONDYLE; FEMUR MEDIAL CONDYLE; HISTOLOGY; HORSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; OSTEOCHONDRAL TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; TISSUES;

AGED; ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; COLLAGEN; DNA; FEMUR; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HORSES; HUMANS; JOINTS; MODELS, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84865299945     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: 15229653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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