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The Relationship Between Apoptosis of Endplate Chondrocytes and Aging and Degeneration of the Intervertebral Disc
1 Nov 2001
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STUDY DESIGN: Apoptosis in cervical intervertebral disc cells and cartilaginous endplate cells was examined by the nick end labeling (TUNEL) technique during the process of natural aging and in a mouse experimental spondylosis model. OBJECTIVES: To determine the role of apoptosis in aging and degeneration of intervertebral discs by monitoring chronologic changes in the quantity and localization of apoptotic...
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