Nutrition of the intervertebral disc: solute transport and metabolism.
The metabolism of the canine nucleus pulposus was investigated at different oxygen tensions. It was found that even at high oxygen tensions the metabolism is mainly anaerobic, only approximately 1.5% of the glucose being converted to carbon dioxide. The concentration dependence of oxygen consumption...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Informa Healthcare
1981
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