Back to the future: What have we learned from 25 years of research into intervertebral disc biology?

Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-27

  Urban, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; PROTEINASE; PROTEOGLYCAN;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0030748851     PISSN: 10538127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BMR-1997-9109     Document Type: Conference Paper

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