The biomarkers changes in serum and the correlation with quantitative MRI markers by histopathologic evaluation of the cartilage in surgically-induced osteoarthritis rabbit model.

To investigate the biomarkers change in serum and the correlation with quantitative MRI markers by histopathologic evaluation of the cartilage in surgically-induced osteoarthritis(OA) rabbit model.Thirty-six mature New Zealand rabbits were used. Eighteen rabbits were divided into six groups randomly...

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Main Authors: Houdong Zuo, Lingxia Jiang, Nan Qu, Jianhua Wang, Xiaojiang Cui, Weiwu Yao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4401749?pdf=render