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Disc Chondrocyte Transplantation in a Canine Model: A Treatment for Degenerated or Damaged Intervertebral Disc

Timothy Ganey, Jeanette Libera, Verena Moos, Olivera Alasevic, Karl-Gerd Fritsch, Hans Meisel, William Hutton

Spine · 2003 · 228 citations · 33 references

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Autologous chondrocyte transplantation is technically feasible and biologically relevant to repairing disc damage and retarding disc degeneration.

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Abnormal magnetic-resonance scans of the cervical spine in asymptomatic subjects. A prospective investigation.

Scott D. Boden, P R McCowin, D O Davis et al. · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery · 1990 · 2.5K citations

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The human lumbar intervertebral disc: evidence for changes in the biosynthesis and denaturation of the extracellular matrix with growth, maturation, ageing, and degeneration.

John Antoniou, Thomas Steffen, Fred R.T. Nelson et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1996 · 1K citations · Full text

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Preliminary Evaluation of a Scheme for Grading the Gross Morphology of the Human Intervertebral Disc

J. Paul Thompson, R. H. Pearce, Martin T. Schechter et al. · Spine · 1990 · 856 citations

Factors involved in the nutrition of the human lumbar intervertebral disc: cellularity and diffusion of glucose in vitro.

Alice Maroudas, R. A. Stockwell, A Nachemson et al. · PubMed · 1975 · 577 citations

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Analysis of Aging and Degeneration of the Human Intervertebral Disc

Helen E. Gruber, Edward N. Hanley · Spine · 1998 · 413 citations