High-resolution measurements of the multilayer ultra-structure of articular cartilage and their translational potential

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  He, Bo ^a   Wu, Jian P ^b   Kirk, Thomas B ^b   Carrino, John A ^c   Xiang, Chuan ^d   Xu, Jiake ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; GADOLINIUM; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CARTILAGE CELL; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LASER SCANNING CONFOCAL ARTHROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION MICROSCOPY; TISSUE WATER; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ANIMAL; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS;

EID: 84897534588     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar4506     Document Type: Article

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