Immunohistochemical detection of Schwann cells in innervated and vascularized human intervertebral discs

Spine

Volumn 26, Issue 23, 2001, Pages 2550-2557

  Johnson, Willam E B ^a   Evans, Helena ^a   Menage, Janis ^a   Eisenstein, Stephen M ^a   El Haj, Alicia ^b   Roberts, Sally ^a,b  

^a ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intervertebral disc; Nerve growth; Schwann cells

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; GENE PRODUCT; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PERIPHERIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MALE; NERVE GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHWANN CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD34; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; SCHWANN CELLS;

EID: 0035584420     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200112010-00007     Document Type: Article

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