Structural characteristics of the collagen network in human normal, degraded and repair articular cartilages observed in polarized light and scanning electron microscopies.

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Published in Osteoarthritis Cartilage on October 05, 2011

Authors

A Changoor1, M Nelea, S Méthot, N Tran-Khanh, A Chevrier, A Restrepo, M S Shive, C D Hoemann, M D Buschmann

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, P.O. Box 6079, Station Centre-Ville, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3C 3A7. adele.changoor@polymtl.ca

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