Structural characteristics of the collagen network in human normal, degraded and repair articular cartilages observed in polarized light and scanning electron microscopies.
Changoor A, Nelea M, Méthot S, Tran-Khanh N, Chevrier A, Restrepo A, Shive MS, Hoemann CD, Buschmann MD.
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Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2011.
PMID: 22015933
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OBJECTIVE: This study characterizes collagen organization (CO) in human normal (n = 6), degraded (n = 6) and repair (n = 22) cartilages, using polarized light (PLM) and scanning electron (SEM) microscopies. DESIGN: CO was assessed using a recently developed PLM-CO score ( …
OBJECTIVE: This study characterizes collagen organization (CO) in human normal (n = 6), degraded (n = 6) and repair (n = 22) cartilages, usi …