Molecular mechanisms of cell death in intervertebral disc degeneration (Review)
- Authors:
- Fan Zhang
- Xueling Zhao
- Hongxing Shen
- Caiguo Zhang
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Affiliations: Department of Orthopedics, Changhai Hospital Affiliated to The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China, Department of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan 650032, P.R. China, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA - Published online on: April 21, 2016 https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2016.2573
- Pages: 1439-1448
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Copyright: © Zhang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
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