Immunolocalization of major interstitial collagen types in human lumbar intervertebral discs of various ages

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 432, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-76

  Nerlich, Andreas G ^a   Boos, Norbert ^b,c   Wiest, Irmgard ^a   Aebi, Max ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ORTHOPEDIC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BALGRIST   (Switzerland)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Annulus fibrosus; Cartilage; Interstitial collagens; Intervertebral disc; Nucleus pulposus

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 5; COLLAGEN TYPE 6; COLLAGEN TYPE 9;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR DISK; NERVE ENDING; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TISSUE DEGENERATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLLAGEN; FETUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0031931853     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004280050136     Document Type: Article

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