The physiology of the disc and its clinical relevance

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 633-636

  Eisenstein, S M ^a   Roberts, S ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; COLLAGEN TYPE 9; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; PROTEOGLYCAN; STROMELYSIN; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR; WATER;

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; DEHYDRATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL ETHICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REJUVENATION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOSIS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STENOSIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0042671123     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.85b5.14403     Document Type: Article

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