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Strategies for regeneration of the intervertebral disc.
Regenerative medicine - 1 Sept 2008
Kalson N S, Richardson S, Hoyland J A
Abstract excerpt
Low back pain resulting from degenerative disc disease is the most common cause of disability in the UK. Current low back pain treatments are aimed at either treating the symptoms of pain, or removing the source of pain itself, but do not address the biological basis of the disease. Our increasing understanding of the molecular biological basis for degenerative disc disease has enabled the development of...
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