Histology and pathology of the human intervertebral disc

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages 10-14

  Roberts, Sally ^a   Evans, Helena ^b   Trivedi, Jayesh ^b   Menage, Janis ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 10; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 6; COLLAGEN TYPE 9; CYTOKINE; ELASTIN; ENZYME; FIBRONECTIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; MATRILYSIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; NEUTROPHIL COLLAGENASE; PROTEOGLYCAN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; WATER;

AGE; AGING; APOPTOSIS; CALCIFICATION; CARTILAGE; CELL DEATH; CELL DENSITY; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDODERM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; KYPHOSIS; MESODERM; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 33645557230     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200604002-00003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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