Expression and role of connective tissue growth factor in painful disc fibrosis and degeneration

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Peng, Baogan ^a   Chen, Jindong ^a   Kuang, Zhengda ^a   Li, Duanming ^a   Pang, Xiaodong ^a   Zhang, Xinyu ^a  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL OF CHINESE PEOPLE'S ARMED POLICE FORCES   (China)

Author keywords

Connective tissue growth factor; Degeneration; Fibrosis; Intervertebral disc; Low back pain

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; BONE ATROPHY; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCOGENIC PAIN; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPINE FUSION; BIOPSY; CARTILAGE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FIBROBLAST; FIBROSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CARTILAGE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549108935     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181908ab3     Document Type: Article

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