Tissue-engineering approach to regenerating the intervertebral disc

Tissue Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1927-1954

  O'Halloran, Damien M ^a   Pandit, Abhay S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY; SCAFFOLDS;

DISC DEGENERATION; ETIOLOGY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC (IVD); PRE-DEGENERATIVE;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CARTILAGE CELL; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL THERAPY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENDOPROSTHESIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; NUTRITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINE FUSION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; REGENERATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33947229229     PISSN: 10763279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.2005.0608     Document Type: Review

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