Cartilaginous endplate in cervical disc herniation

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 190-195

  Kokubun, Shoichi ^a   Sakurai, Minoru ^a   Tanaka, Yasuhisa ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization Sendai Nishitaga Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

cartilaginous endplate; cervical spine; disc herniation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CERVICAL SPINE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; GROWTH PLATE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030068512     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199601150-00006     Document Type: Article

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