The phenomenon of "growing old" is the summation of the degenerative changes which occur in all tissues. Some tissues undergo demonstrable degeneration at earlier ages than others. The degenerative changes are grossly apparent in some tissues and afford a definite index of the structural age of the
Metabolism of articular cartilage in the presence of interleukin-1-alpha, its inhibitor, and blood serum
β Scribed by P. I. Isaev; H. Hauselman; J. Tonar; K. Kuettner; A. B. Zborovskii
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 209 KB
- Volume
- 114
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-4888
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