Tendon's ultrastructure

Muscles, Ligaments and Tendons Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 2-6

  Tresoldi, Ilaria ^a   Oliva, Francesco ^b   Benvenuto, Monica ^a   Fantini, Massimo ^a   Masuelli, Laura ^c   Bei, Roberto ^a   Modesti, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collagen; Extracellular matrix; Tendon; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892887537     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22404554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11138/mltj/2013.3.1.002     Document Type: Article

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