Correlation of serum trace elements and melatonin levels to radiological, biochemical, and histological assessment of degeneration in patients with intervertebral disc herniation

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-134

  Turgut, Mehmet ^a   Yenisey, Çiǧdem ^a   Akyüz, Orhan ^a   Özsunar, Yelda ^a   Erkuş, Muhan ^a   Biçakçi, Tuncay ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atomic absorption spectrophotometry; Collagen; Degeneration; Intervertebral disc herniation; Magnesium; Melatonin; Zinc

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYPROLINE; MELATONIN; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CALCIFICATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT; PINEAL BODY; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CALCINOSIS; COLLAGEN; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYPROLINE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNESIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; PINEAL GLAND; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ZINC;

EID: 31544441959     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:109:2:123     Document Type: Article

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