Degenerative spine disease: Pathologic findings in 985 surgical specimens

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 193-202

  Pytel, Peter ^a   Wollmann, Robert L ^a   Fessler, Richard G ^a   Krausz, Thomas N ^a   Montag, Anthony G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium pyrophosphate dehydrate; Chondrocyte cluster; Intervertebral disk; Neovascularization; Synovial metaplasia

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; SYNOVIAL CYST; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 31544449970     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/89FVRT04EGBVEUD9     Document Type: Article

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