Action of chondroitinase ABC on epidurally transplanted nucleus pulposus in the rabbit

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1071-1076

  Ishikawa, Hiroki ^a   Nohara, Yutaka ^b   Miyauti, Satoshi ^c  

^a DOKKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SEIKAGAKU CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chondroitinase ABC (C ABC); Epidural space; Nucleus pulposus

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CELL INFILTRATION; DNA DETERMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SPINE SURGERY;

ANIMALS; CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; DNA; ELASTIC TISSUE; EPIDURAL SPACE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK CHEMOLYSIS; KERATAN SULFATE; LEUKOCYTES; RABBITS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 0033025530     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199906010-00005     Document Type: Article

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