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Effect of age on fatty infiltration of supraspinatus muscle after experimental tendon release in rats

BACKGROUND: Rotator cuff tendon tear is a leading cause for atrophy, fibrosis and fatty infiltration of the rotator cuff muscles. The pathophysiology of fatty muscle infiltration is not well understood. An animal model suited to study cellular and molecular mechanisms would therefore be desirable. W...

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Autores principales: Farshad, Mazda, Würgler-Hauri, Carola C, Kohler, Thomas, Gerber, Christian, Rothenfluh, Dominique A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3262768/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22152220
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-4-530