Does a needle puncture into the annulus fibrosus cause disc degeneration?

Spine Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1106-1107

  Kang, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DISKOGRAPHY; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; SPINE INJURY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; PUNCTURES;

EID: 78649240898     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2010.10.014     Document Type: Note

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