Stereological quantification of immune-competent cells in baseline biopsy specimens from achilles tendons: Results from patients with chronic tendinopathy followed for more than 4 years

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2435-2445

  Kragsnaes, Maja Skov ^a   Fredberg, Ulrich ^a   Stribolt, Katrine ^b   Kjaer, Soren Geill ^a   Bendix, Knud ^b   Ellingsen, Torkell ^a,c  

^a SILKEBORG REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Achilles tendinopathy; B lymphocytes; immunohistochemistry; macrophages; mast cells; NK cells; T lymphocytes; tendon biopsy

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN, HUMAN; DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; HEMOSIDERIN; IRON; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MAST CELL; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TENDINITIS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD34; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOSIDERIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRON; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MAST CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 84908896645     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546514542329     Document Type: Article

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