Intervertebral disc composition in neuromuscular scoliosis: Changes in cell density and glycosaminoglycan concentration at the curve apex

Spine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 610-617

  Urban, Martin R ^a   Fairbank, Jeremy C T ^a   Bibby, Susan R S ^b   Urban, Jill P G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Annulus fibrosus; Chondrocyte; Mechanical stress; Proteoglycan

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE MALFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY WATER; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; SCOLIOSIS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0035868943     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200103150-00010     Document Type: Article

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