The ultrastructure of the human spinal nerve root cuff in the lumbar spine

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 339-344

  Reina, Miguel Angel ^a,e   Villanueva, María Concepción ^b   Machés, Fabiola ^a   Carrera, Ana ^c   López, Andrés ^a   De Andrés, José Antonio ^d  

^a Hospital Universitario Madrid Montepríncipe   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE MÓSTOLES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^e NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ADIPOCYTE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CAPILLARY; CELL JUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; GANGLION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID STORAGE; LUMBAR SPINE; NEUROFILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPINAL ROOT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADIPOCYTES; AGED; AXONS; CADAVER; COLLAGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 37549007603     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000295803.31074.dc     Document Type: Article

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