| Literature DB >> 868495 |
Abstract
Rapidly progressing joint disease can be produced in the rabbit by intra-articular injection of concentrated papain. With the use of radioactive thymidine it is possible to demonstrate that the cartilage cells recover their ability to divide by mitosis at the same time as degenerative changes appear in the cartilage. Clusters of chondrocytes arise by mitosis of chondrocytes and not by a floating together of cartilage cells.Entities:
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Year: 1977 PMID: 868495 DOI: 10.3109/17453677708985125
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Acta Orthop Scand ISSN: 0001-6470