The origin of chondrocytes in the nucleus pulposus and histologic findings associated with the transition of a notochordal nucleus pulposus to a fibrocartilaginous nucleus pulposus in intact rabbit intervertebral discs

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 982-990

  Kim, Ki Won ^a   Lim, Tae Hong ^b   Kim, Jesse G ^c   Jeong, Soon Taek ^d   Masuda, Koichi ^b   An, Howard S ^b  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^d Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chondrocyte; Fibroblast; Intervertebral disc; Notochordal cell; Nucleus pulposus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL MIGRATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HISTOLOGY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LAMELLAR BODY; LUMBAR DISK; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0037648850     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000061986.03886.4F     Document Type: Conference Paper

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