Intervertebral disk nutrition: a review of factors influencing concentrations of nutrients and metabolites.
The biomechanical behavior of the intervertebral disk ultimately depends on the viability and activity of a small population of resident cells that make and maintain the disk's extracellular matrix. Nutrients that support these cells are supplied by the blood vessels at the disks' margins...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2011
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