The nervous structures of anterior cruciate ligament of human knee, healthy and lesioned, studied with confocal scanning laser microscopy

Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 167-176

  Lanzetta, Albino ^a   Corradini, Costantino ^a   Verdoia, Cesare ^a   Miani, Alessandro ^a   Castano, Stefano ^a   Castano, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Human knee; Nervous structures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; SURGEON;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; SILVER STAINING;

EID: 9144239892     PISSN: 11226714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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