Osteochondral lesions in distal tarsal joints of icelandic horses reveal strong associations between hyaline and calcified cartilage abnormalities

European Cells and Materials

Volumn 27, Issue , 2014, Pages 213-236

  Ley, Charles J ^a   Ekman, S ^a   Hansson, K ^a   Bjornsdottir S ^b   Boyde, A ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority   (Iceland)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Backscattered electron microscopy; Confocal scanning light microscopy; Equine tarsus; Iodine staining; Microcomputed tomography; Osteoarthritis; Subchondral bone

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARPAL JOINT; CARTILAGE CELL; CHONDROPATHY; CHONDROPLASTY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORSE; HYALINE CARTILAGE; MALE; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOCHONDRITIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBTALAR JOINT; TARSAL JOINT; TARSOMETATARSAL JOINT;

ANIMALS; CALCINOSIS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HYALINE CARTILAGE; JOINTS; OSTEOCHONDROSIS; TARSUS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84897148635     PISSN: 14732262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22203/eCM.v027a16     Document Type: Article

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