Thickness determination of the tidemark of human articular cartilage using high-resolution micro-XRF imaging of zinc and lead

Objective: The objective of the study was to specify the thickness of Zn and Pb accumulation within the tidemark (TM), a narrow structure between the non-calcified and the calcified articular cartilage. It is considered an active or resting calcification front. This banded structure of the cartilage...

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Main Authors: M. Rauwolf, A. Turyanskaya, P. Wobrauschek, K. Sawhney, A. Roschger, P. Roschger, C. Streli, J.G. Hofstaetter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-09-01
Series:Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665913121000455