Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 16, Issue 9 , Pages 728-734 , November 2001

Do the intervertebral disc cells respond to different levels of hydrostatic pressure?

  • William C. Hutton

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    • Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Emory Spine Center, 2165 North Decatur Road, Decatur, GA 30033, USA
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  • William A. Elmer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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  • Lisa M. Bryce

      Affiliations

    • Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia, USA
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  • Ewa E. Kozlowska

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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  • Scott D. Boden

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    • Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia, USA
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  • Miroslav Kozlowski

      Affiliations

    • Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia, USA

Received 2 May 2001 ,Accepted 21 August 2001.

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Clinical Biomechanics
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