Disc cell therapies: Critical issues

European Spine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2014, Pages

  Tibiletti, Marta ^a,b   Kregar Velikonja, Nevenka ^c   Urban, Jill P G ^d   Fairbank, Jeremy C T ^e  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GALEAZZI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c Educell Ltd   (Slovenia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell death; Disc nutrition; Post contrast MRI; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

CELL DENSITY; CELL THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PAIN; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

CELL- AND TISSUE-BASED THERAPY; CHONDROCYTES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; REGENERATION; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 84905399560     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-014-3177-2     Document Type: Review

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