Presence and distribution of antigen-antibody complexes in the herniated nucleus pulposus

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 1980-1984

  Satoh, Koichiro ^a   Konno, Shinichi ^a   Nishiyama, Keiji ^a   Olmarker, Kjell ^b   Kikuchi, Shinichi ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemiostry; Lumbar spine; Nucleus pulposus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0033215470     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199910010-00003     Document Type: Article

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