Effects of Tobacco Smoking on the Degeneration of the Intervertebral Disc: A Finite Element Study

Tobacco smoking is associated with numerous pathological conditions. Compelling experimental evidence associates smoking to the degeneration of the intervertebral disc (IVD). In particular, it has been shown that nicotine down-regulates both the proliferation rate and glycosaminoglycan (GAG) biosynt...

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Autores principales: Elmasry, Shady, Asfour, Shihab, de Rivero Vaccari, Juan Pablo, Travascio, Francesco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4547737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26301590
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136137

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4547737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26301590
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136137

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