Age-related variation in cell density of human lumbar intervertebral disc

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 153-159

  Liebscher, Thomas ^a   Haefeli, Mathias ^a   Wuertz, Karin ^a   Nerlich, Andreas G ^b   Boos, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b KLINIKUM BOGENHAUSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

aging; cell density; Cell number; histology; human lumbar intervertebral disc

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANULUS FIBROSUS; ARTICLE; BONE ENDPLATE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CHILD; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LUMBAR DISK; MALE; MOTION; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; TISSUE TYPES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551556421     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181cd588c     Document Type: Article

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