Bone mineral density of lumbar vertebral end plates in the aging male sand rat spine

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 1766-1772

  Gruber, Helen E ^a   Gordon, Brian ^b   Williams, Cliff ^a   Norton, H James ^a   Hanley Jr , Edward N ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Bone mineral density; Disc degeneration; End plate; Intervertebral disc; Psammomys obesus; Sand rat

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSAMMOMYS OBESUS; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; GERBILLINAE; GROWTH PLATE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE;

EID: 0041973818     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000083283.69134.A6     Document Type: Article

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