Autologous stem cell therapy maintains vertebral blood flow and contrast diffusion through the endplate in experimental intervertebral disc degeneration

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Bendtsen, Michael ^a   Bünger, Cody Eric ^a   Zou, Xuenong ^a   Foldager, Casper ^a   Jørgensen, Hans Stødkilde ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

DCE MRI; endplate; intervertebral disc degeneration; mesenchymal stem cells; postcontrast MRI

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BONE ATROPHY; BONE PLATE; BONE REGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROGEL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; TISSUE PERFUSION;

ANIMALS; HYDROGELS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPINE; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952987717     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181dce34c     Document Type: Article

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