Biomechanics of the Intervertebral Disc

Interventional Spine E-Book: An Algorithmic Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 827-838

  Elliott, Dawn M ^a   Yerramalli, Chandra S ^b   Auerbach, Joshua D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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