Archives of Oral Biology
Volume 54, Issue 11 , Pages 1035-1045 , November 2009

Functional alterations in mechanical loading of condylar cartilage induces changes in the bony subcondylar region

  • Dionysios J. Papachristou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Katerina K. Papachroni

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • George A. Papavassiliou

      Affiliations

    • 129 Franklin Str., Cambridge, MA, USA
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  • Pertti Pirttiniemi

      Affiliations

    • Institutes of Dentistry, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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  • Vassilis G. Gorgoulis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Histology and Embryology, Cellular and Molecular Biomechanics Unit, University of Athens Medical School, 75 M. Asias Str., 11527 Athens, Greece
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  • Christina Piperi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
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  • Efthimia K. Basdra

      Affiliations

    • Department of Histology and Embryology, Cellular and Molecular Biomechanics Unit, University of Athens Medical School, 75 M. Asias Str., 11527 Athens, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +30 210 746 2355; fax: +30 210 746 2355.

,Accepted 26 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2009.08.010

Archives of Oral Biology
Volume 54, Issue 11 , Pages 1035-1045 , November 2009

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