A needle micro-osmometer for determination of glycosaminoglycan concentration in excised nucleus pulposus tissue

European Spine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1765-1773

  Sivan, Sarit Sara ^a   Merkher, Yulia ^a   Wachtel, Ellen ^b   Urban, Jill P G ^c   Lazary, Aron ^d   Maroudas, Alice ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d National Center for Spinal Disorders Buda Health Center   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Fixed charge density (FCD); Intervertebral disc (IVD); Micro osmometry; Microdialysis; Swelling pressure

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; TRACER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; OSMOMETRY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWELLING; CADAVER; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; EVALUATION STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINE FUSION; SURGERY;

ADULT; AGGRECANS; CADAVER; FEMALE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; OSMOMETRY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 84881542458     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-013-2714-8     Document Type: Article

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