The course of macroscopic degeneration in the human lumbar intervertebral disc

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1522-1531

  Haefeli, Mathias ^a   Kalberer, Fabian ^a   Saegesser, Daniel ^a   Nerlich, Andreas G ^b   Boos, Norbert ^a   Paesold, Günther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b KLINIKUM BOGENHAUSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anular tear; Disc degeneration; Disc height; Grading; Lumbar spine; Macroscopic; Nuclear cleft

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEGENERATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CADAVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 33745242976     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000222032.52336.8e     Document Type: Article

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