Human intervertebral disc cell morphology and cytoskeletal composition: A preliminary study of regional variations in health and disease

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 203, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 605-612

  Johnson, W Eustace B ^a   Roberts, S ^b  

^a ROYAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Cell shape; F actin; Intervertebral disc; Pathology; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; VIMENTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL LABELING; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; STELLATE CELL; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACTINS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CADAVER; CHONDROCYTES; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; STELLATE GANGLION; VIMENTIN; VINCULIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0344668543     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.2003.00249.x     Document Type: Article

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