Evolution of disc degeneration in lumbar spine: A comparative histological study between herniated and postmortem retrieved disc specimens

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-45

  Repanti, Maria ^a   Korovessis, Panagiotis G ^a,b   Stamatakis, Marios V ^a   Spastris, Petros ^a   Kosti, Pandora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b Orthopaedic Department   (Greece)

Author keywords

Blood supply; Disc herniation; Lumbar discs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD VESSEL; CADAVER; CAPILLARY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FETUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NEWBORN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; CARTILAGE; CHILD; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031908705     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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