Nutrition of the intervertebral disc.
STUDY DESIGN: A review of the literature on disc nutrition. OBJECTIVES: To summarize the information on disc nutrition in relation to disc degeneration. SUMMARY OF THE BACKGROUND DATA: The disc is avascular, and the disc cells depend on diffusion from blood vessels at the disc's margins to sup...
Main Authors: | Urban, J, Smith, S, Fairbank, J |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
2004
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