A Porcine Animal Model for Early Meniscal Degeneration – Analysis of Histology, Gene Expression and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Six Months after Resection of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament

• Michael Kreinest ,

  * E-mail: michael.kreinest@bgu-ludwigshafen.de

  Current address: Department of Trauma Surgery and Orthopedic Surgery, BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, Germany

  Affiliations Department of Experimental Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, University Medical Centre Homburg, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany

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• Gregor Reisig,

  Affiliation Department of Experimental Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

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• Philipp Ströbel,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, University Medical Centre Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

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• Dietmar Dinter,

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

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• Ulrike Attenberger,

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

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• Peter Lipp,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Cell Biology, University Medical Centre Homburg, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany

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• Markus Schwarz

  Affiliation Department of Experimental Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

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