Swelling pressure of the lumbar intervertebral discs: Influence of age, spinal level, composition, and degeneration

Spine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 179-181

  Urban, J P G ^a   McMullin, J F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cadaveric material; Fluid transport; Intervertebral disc; Proteoglycans; Swelling pressure

Indexed keywords

PROTEOGLYCAN;

AGE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR DISK; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY WATER; EDEMA; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGE; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; PRESSURE; SPINAL DISEASES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0023890833     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-198802000-00009     Document Type: Article

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