The use of bone morphogenetic protein in lumbar spine surgery

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2045-2046

  Smoljanović, Tomislav ^a   Bojanić, Ivan ^b   Pećina, Marko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; COLLAGEN SPONGE; RECOMBINANT BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN;

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; LETTER; LUMBAR SPINE; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOLYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULITIS; SPINE SURGERY; TRABECULAR BONE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; NOTE; SPINE; SPINE FUSION;

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE;

EID: 68349154924     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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