The ancestral shape hypothesis: an evolutionary explanation for the occurrence of intervertebral disc herniation in humans

BACKGROUND: Recent studies suggest there is a relationship between intervertebral disc herniation and vertebral shape. The nature of this relationship is unclear, however. Humans are more commonly afflicted with spinal disease than are non-human primates and one suggested explanation for this is the...

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Autores principales: Plomp, Kimberly A, Viðarsdóttir, Una Strand, Weston, Darlene A, Dobney, Keith, Collard, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4410577/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25927934
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-015-0336-y

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4410577/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25927934
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-015-0336-y

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