Ultrastructural changes in spinal nerve roots induced by autologous nucleus pulposus

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 411-414

  Olmarker, Kjell ^a   Nordborg, Claes ^a   Larsson, Karin ^a   Rydevik, Björn ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cauda equina; compression; disc herniation; intervertebral disc; low back pain; nerve root; nucleus pulposus; sciatica

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL ROOT; SWINE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SWINE; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 0030067006     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199602150-00002     Document Type: Article

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