Gene therapy applications for intervertebral disc degeneration

Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 263-270

  Hall, Ronald A ^a   Kang, James D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene therapy; Intervertebral disk degeneration; Molecular biology; Spinal disorders; Vectors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345554761     PISSN: 10486666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1048-6666(00)80026-9     Document Type: Article

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