Abstract The objective of this work was to investigate whether collagen degradation products in protein extract from joints could provide quantitative information on cartilage damage. Osteoarthritis (OA) was surgically induced in rat knee joints. Joints were isolated 7, 14 and 28 days after surgery for protein extraction and histology. C-terminal telopeptide of type III collagen […]
Evaluation of cartilage damage by measuring collagen degradation products in joint extracts in a traumatic model of osteoarthritis.
February 1, 2008
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