Morphology of the Lumbar Intertransverse Process Fusion Mass in the Rabbit Model: A Comparison between Two Bone Graft Materials - rhBMP-2 and Autograft

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-128

  Holliger, Edward H ^a   Trawick, Roy H ^a   Boden, Scott D ^a   Hutton, William C ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autograft; Fusion; Lumbar intertransverse process; Mass; Morphology; Rabbit; rhBMP

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT HUMAN BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SPINE FUSION;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; HUMANS; ILIUM; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 0029922550     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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