Temporo-spatial distribution of blood vessels in human lumbar intervertebral discs

European Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 547-555

  Nerlich, Andreas G ^a   Schaaf, Rainer ^a   Wälchli, Beat ^b   Boos, Norbert ^b  

^a KLINIKUM BOGENHAUSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age related disc degeneration; Blood supply; Immunohistochemistry; Intervertebral disc; Lumbar region

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; CELL MARKER; PARAFFIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CAPILLARY; CARTILAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LIGAMENT; LUMBAR DISK; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE ENDING; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAPILLARIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING;

EID: 34247213969     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-006-0213-x     Document Type: Article

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