Does the thickness of the vertebral subchondral bone reflect the composition of the intervertebral disc?

European Spine Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 385-389

  Roberts, S ^a   McCall, I W ^b   Menage, J ^a   Haddaway, M J ^b   Eisenstein, S M ^a  

^a Centre for Spinal Studies   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bony endplate; Intervertebral disc; Proteoglycan content; Swelling pressure

Indexed keywords

PROTEOGLYCAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOGLYCAN SYNTHESIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WATER; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEOGLYCANS;

EID: 0031468627     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01834064     Document Type: Article

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