Comparison of animals used in disc research to human lumbar disc geometry

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 328-333

  O'Connell, Grace D ^a   Vresilovic, Edward J ^b   Elliott, Dawn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Comparative anatomy; Disc area; Disc degeneration; Disc height; Intervertebral disc geometry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABOON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; SHEEP; TAIL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CATTLE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PAPIO; RABBITS; RATS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 33846700472     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000253961.40910.c1     Document Type: Article

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