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Intervertebral Disc Degeneration

Known as: Degeneration, Disc, Disk Degradation, Degenerations, Disc 
Degenerative changes in the INTERVERTEBRAL DISC due to aging or structural damage, especially to the vertebral end-plates.
National Institutes of Health

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Broader (5)

Abnormal degenerationMusculoskeletal DiseasesNeurodegenerative DisordersSpinal Diseases
AlkaptonuriaConnective and Soft TissueDegenerative Intervertebral DiscsDiscitis

Narrower (2)

Cervical Disc Degenerative DisorderIntervertebral disc disorder

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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
POST-PERIASTRON GAMMA-RAY FLARE FROM PSR B1259−63/LS 2883 AS A RESULT OF COMPTONIZATION OF THE COLD PULSAR WIND
We argue that the bright flare of the binary pulsar PSR B1259−63/LS2883 detected by the Fermi Large Area Telescope is due to the… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
Adjacent segment disease after fusion for cervical spondylosis; myth or reality?
Cervical spondylosis is a common cause of radiculopathy and myelopathy, often treated by discectomy and interbody fusion. However… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Reliability of the disk damage likelihood scale.
Review
2002
Review
2002
Degenerative Disc Disease Treated With Combined Anterior and Posterior Arthrodesis and Posterior Instrumentation
Study Design. This study retrospectively reviewed the outcome of 58 patients all diagnosed with severe low back pain secondary to… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Cultivation of porcine cells from the nucleus pulposus in a fibrin/hyaluronic acid matrix
Use of multiplied viable cells from the nucleus pulposus in altered discs, following in vitro cultivation, may be a promising… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Essentials of Spinal Microsurgery
Part 1 The microscope and other basic principles of microsurgery: a personal history of spinal microsurgery, R.W. Williams the… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Slow deformation of intervertebral discs.
Review
1991
Review
1991
The cytoskeleton of skeletal muscle: is it affected by exercise? A brief review.
The myofibrillar cytoskeleton of skeletal muscle is made up of two distinct sets of filaments, the exosarcomeric cytoskeleton and… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
The reproducibility of computerized boundary analysis for measuring optic disc pallor in the normal optic disc.
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Localisation of the level of symptomatic cervical disc degeneration.
There are many difficulties associated with the localisation of the symptomatic segment in patients presenting with… 
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