Effects of chondroitinase ABC on intradiscal pressure in sheep: An in vivo study

Spine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 463-468

  Sasaki, Masanori ^a   Takahashi, Toyomi ^a   Miyahara, Kazuro ^b   Hirose, Tsuneo ^c  

^a SEIKAGAKU CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Research Institute of Information Science Development on Animal Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemonucleolysis; Chondroitinase ABC (C ABC); Disc height index; Intradiscal pressure

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE 4 SULFATASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMONUCLEOLYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK CHEMOLYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PRESSURE; SHEEP;

EID: 0035282379     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200103010-00008     Document Type: Article

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