Factors regulating viable cell density in the intervertebral disc: blood supply in relation to disc height.

The intervertebral disc is an avascular tissue, maintained by a small population of cells that obtain nutrients mainly by diffusion from capillaries at the disc-vertebral body interface. Loss of this nutrient supply is thought to lead to disc degeneration, but how nutrient supply influences viable c...

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Những tác giả chính: Boubriak, O, Watson, N, Sivan, S, Stubbens, N, Urban, J
Định dạng: Journal article
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: 2013