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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Immunol. 2006 Dec 15;177(12):8757–8766. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.12.8757

Table I.

Macroscopic and histopathologic grading of articular cartilagea

Time Treatment
Cartilage grading
Histological analysis grading
IMM CPM FM IMM CPM FM
Control 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 h 0 0 0 1 0 1
48 h 2–2.5 0–1 1.5–2.5 2–2.5 0–1 1.5–2.5
96 h 2–3 0–1 1.5–2.5 2.5–4 1 1.5–2.5
2 wk 3–4 0–1 2–4 4–4.5 1.5 1.5–3
a

Macroscopic and histopathologic grading of articular cartilage of the femoral head subjected to IMM, CPM, or FM immediately following AIA induction (21).