Current strategies for treatment of intervertebral disc degeneration: substitution and regeneration possibilities

Background: Intervertebral disc degeneration has an annual worldwide socioeconomic impact masked as low back pain of over 70 billion euros. This disease has a high prevalence over the working age class, which raises the socioeconomic impact over the years. Acute physical trauma or prolonged interver...

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Main Author: van Uden, Sebastião (author)
Other Authors: Silva-Correia, Joana (author), Oliveira, J. M. (author), Reis, R. L. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/51318
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/51318