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An ultrasound study of altered hydration behaviour of proteoglycan-degraded articular cartilage

BACKGROUND: Articular cartilage is a solid-fluid biphasic material covering the bony ends of articulating joints. Hydration of articular cartilage is important to joint lubrication and weight-wearing. The aims of this study are to measure the altered hydration behaviour of the proteoglycan-degraded...

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Autores principales: Wang, Qing, Yang, Yi-Yi, Niu, Hai-Jun, Zhang, Wen-Jing, Feng, Qian-Jin, Chen, Wu-Fan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3819513/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24119051
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-14-289