Can the human intervertebral disc be compared to a diarthrodial joint?

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 101-105

  Grignon, B ^a,b   Roland, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Intervertebral disc; Joint; Nucleus pulposus; Osteoarthrosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DISKOGRAPHY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SYNOVIUM; VERTEBRA BODY;

AGING; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; JOINTS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 0033944394     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-000-0101-8     Document Type: Review

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