Morphology of the human vertebral endplate

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 280-287

  Rodriguez, Azucena G ^a   Rodriguez Soto, Ana E ^a   Burghardt, Andrew J ^a   Berven, Sigurd ^a   Majumdar, Sharmila ^a   Lotz, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

bone; morphology; spine; vertebra; vertebral endplate

Indexed keywords

PROTEOGLYCAN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CAPILLARY; CARTILAGE; CELL DENSITY; CELL FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE ENDING; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; SCLEROSIS; THICKNESS; TRABECULAR BONE; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 83855162880     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.21513     Document Type: Article

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