Loss of sympathetic nerve fibers in vital intertrochanteric bone cylinders lateral to osteonecrosis of the femoral head

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 188-194

  Beckmann, Johannes ^a   Knödl, Matthias ^a   Bauser, Eva ^a   Tingart, Markus ^a   Grifka, Joachim ^a   Straub, Rainer H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Osteoarthritis of the hip; Osteonecrosis of the femoral head; Sensory nerve fibers; Sympathetic nerve fibers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; OSTEONECROSIS OF THE FEMORAL HEAD; PERIOSTEUM; SENSORY NERVE; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYNOVIUM;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; PERIOSTEUM; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 84875504473     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: 17787254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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