Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 14-20 , January 2007

Effects of exogenous crosslinking on in vitro tensile and compressive moduli of lumbar intervertebral discs

  • Shih-Youeng Chuang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, No. 325, Sec. 2, Chenggong Road, Neihu District, Taipei City, Taipei 114, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Russell M. Odono

      Affiliations

    • University of California Los Angeles, Department of Organismic Biology, Ecology, & Evolution, 621 Charles E. Young Dr. South, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606, USA
    • ,
  • Thomas P. Hedman

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Spinal Disorders, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Blvd., Davis Research Building, 6th Floor, Room D-6068, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA

Received 19 April 2005 ,Accepted 9 August 2006.

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PII: S0268-0033(06)00158-6

doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2006.08.001

Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 14-20 , January 2007

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