Correlation between chondrocyte apoptosis of vertebral cartilage endplate and degeneration of intervertebral disc

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 194-197

  Xu, Hong Guang ^a   Chen, Xue Wu ^a   Wang, Hong ^a   Lu, Lin Ming ^a   Liu, Ping ^a   Xia, Liang Zheng ^a  

^a WANNAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Chondrocytes; Intervertebral disc

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; NERVE ENDING; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; VERTEBRA BODY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CARTILAGE; CHONDROCYTES; COLLAGEN TYPE II; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; RABBITS;

EID: 41549146283     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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