Analysis of aging and degeneration of the human intervertebral disc: Comparison of surgical specimens with normal controls

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 751-757

  Gruber, Helen E ^a   Hanley Jr , Edward N ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Collagen; Extracellular matrix; Human; Intervertebral disc

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 6; TARTARIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR DISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; APOPTOSIS; COLLAGEN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032055960     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199804010-00001     Document Type: Article

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