The influence of scoliosis and ageing on
The influence of scoliosis and ageing on proteoglycan heterogeneity in the human intervertebral disc
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James Melrose; Dr. Kevin R. Gurr; Tak-Chun Cole; Anne Darvodelsky; Dr. Peter Gho
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Article
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1991
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Proteoglycans (PGs) purified from 19-year-old male (19M), 53-year-old female (53F), and 15-16-year-old adolescent idiopathic scoliotic (AIS) disc tissues were characterised by their aggregation properties with hyaluronic acid (HA), glycosaminoglycan (GAG), and amino acid composition, electrophoretic