Histological analysis of surgical lumbar intervertebral disc tissue provides evidence for an association between disc degeneration and increased body mass index

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Weiler, Christoph ^a   Lopez Ramos, Mercedes ^a   Mayer, H Michael ^b   Korge, Andreas ^b   Siepe, Christoph J ^b   Wuertz, Karin ^c,d   Weiler, Veronique ^a,e   Boos, Norbert ^c,d   Nerlich, Andreas G ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Spine Center   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d AOSpine Research Network   (Switzerland)

^e Krankenhaus Munich Harlaching   (Germany)

^f Academic Clinic Munich Bogenhausen   (Germany)

Author keywords

ageing; body mass; disc degeneration; histologic degeneration score (HDS); surgical material

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455212824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-497     Document Type: Article

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