Vitamin C deficiency is an under-diagnosed contributor to degenerative disc disease in the elderly

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 695-697

  Smith, Val H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

AGING; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; HYDROXYLATION; HYPOTHESIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; OXIDATION; PATIENT MONITORING; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

AGED; AGING; ASCORBIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; COLLAGEN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN;

EID: 77649339573     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.10.041     Document Type: Article

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