Vascular endothelial growth factor in degenerating intervertebral discs of rat caudal vertebrae

Introduction: Discogenic back pain remains poorly understood with respect to etiopathogenesis, despite being a considerable burden. We sought to examine the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor in injured intervertebral discs in rat caudal vertebrae. Methods: Forty-eight male Sprague Daw...

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Main Authors: Jun Sato, Kazuhide Inage, Masayuki Miyagi, Yoshihiro Sakuma, Kazuyo Yamauchi, Masahiko Suzuki, Masao Koda, Takeo Furuya, Junichi Nakamura, Yawara Eguchi, Miyako Suzuki, Go Kubota, Yasuhiro Oikawa, Takeshi Sainoh, Kazuki Fujimoto, Yasuhiro Shiga, Koki Abe, Hirohito Kanamoto, Masahiro Inoue, Hideyuki Kinoshita, Masaki Norimoto, Tomotaka Umimura, Kazuhisa Takahashi, Seiji Ohtori, Sumihisa Orita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research 2018-01-01
Series:Spine Surgery and Related Research
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ssrr/2/1/2_2017-0026/_pdf/-char/en