On fragmenting, densely mineralised acellular protrusions into articular cartilage and their possible role in osteoarthritis

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 225, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 436-446

  Boyde, A ^a   Davis, G R ^a   Mills, D ^a   Zikmund, T ^a   Cox, T M ^b   Adams, V L ^c   Niker, A ^c   Wilson, P J ^c   Dillon, J P ^c   Ranganath, L R ^c   Jeffery, N ^c   Jarvis, J C ^c,d   Gallagher, J A ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dystrophic calcification; Hip; Hyaline cartilage; Microscopy; Osteoarthritis; Subchondral bone

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE DISEASE; CALCINOSIS; FAT CONTENT; FEMUR HEAD; HIGH DENSITY MINERALIZED PROTRUSIONS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYALINE CARTILAGE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; STEADY STATE; CADAVER; FEMALE; FEMOROACETABULAR IMPINGEMENT; PATHOLOGY;

CADAVER; CALCINOSIS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; FEMORACETABULAR IMPINGEMENT; FEMUR HEAD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84908335859     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joa.12226     Document Type: Article

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