An autoimmune response to herniated nucleus pulposus has been proposed to constitute a pathophysiologic mechanism for inducing sciatica based on the fact that nucleus pulposus under normal conditions is excluded from the development of immunological tolerance. The manifestation of an autoimmune resp
An in vitro tissue model to study the effect of age on nucleus pulposus cells
✍ Scribed by R. A. Kandel; D. Hamilton; C. Séguin; S.-Q. Li; C. Arana; R. Pilliar
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 438 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0940-6719
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