The influence of the pH value of the synovial fluid on the articular cartilage in rabbits

Autor: K. Lindenhayn, V. Horn, K. Trzenschik
Rok vydání: 1985
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Zdroj: Experimental pathology. 27:201-206
ISSN: 0232-1513
DOI: 10.1016/s0232-1513(85)80060-8
Popis: After the intraarticular injection of isoosmolaric buffer solutions with pH values of 4.0 and 10.0 or 7.3 (control side) into the knee joints of rabbits the appearance of a fibrillated network on a plane parallel to the surface and tears in the articular cartilage are seen with the aid of scanning electron microscopy. The results are interpreted as a damage of the superficial layer of the articular cartilage. In a long-term follow up only the growing rabbits are able to repair these lesions, the adult animals are not capable to do it.
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