Symptomatic disc herniation and serum lipid levels

European Spine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1658-1662

  Longo, Umile Giuseppe ^a   Denaro, Luca ^b   Spiezia, Filippo ^a   Forriol, Francisco ^c   Maffulli, Nicola ^d   Denaro, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c School of Pharmacy   (Spain)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Degeneration; Intervertebral disc; Serum lipids; Triglycerides

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENISCECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84855199654     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-011-1737-2     Document Type: Article

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