Articular cartilage changes in chondromalacia patellae
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Articular cartilage changes in chondromalacia patellae.
Full thickness samples of articular cartilage were removed from areas of chondromalacia on the medial and "odd" facets of the patellae of 21 adults and examined by histology, autoradiography and electron microscopy. Surface fibrillation, loss of superficial matrix staining and reduced 35SO4 labelling was seen, with little change in the deep zone. Ten cases showed "fibrous metaplasia" of the sup...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume
سال: 1985
ISSN: 0301-620X,2044-5377
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.67b5.4055879