The Optimal Combination of Cartilage Source and Apparatus for Long-Term In Vitro Chondrocyte Viability Analysis

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1601-1607

  Alibegović, Armin ^a   Balažic, Jože ^a   Petrovič, Danijel ^a   Velikonja, Nevenka Kregar ^b   Blagus, Rok ^a   Šuput, Dušan ^a   Drobnič, Matej ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Educell Doo   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Cell viability analyzer; Chondrocyte viability; Confocal laser scanning microscope; Forensic pathology; Forensic science; Temperature; Time since death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KNEE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHONDROCYTES; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84868191477     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02175.x     Document Type: Article

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