The vertebral end-plate: What do we know?

European Spine Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 92-96

  Moore, R J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Rundle Mall   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disc degeneration; End plate; Intervertebral disc; Spine

Indexed keywords

AGING; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; NERVE ENDING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL NERVE;

EID: 0033831008     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005860050217     Document Type: Review

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