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Protective effect of calcitonin on lumbar fusion-induced adjacent-segment disc degeneration in ovariectomized rat

BACKGROUND: Intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration and pathological changes in the spinal cord are major causes of back pain. In addition to its well-established anti-resorptive effect on bone, calcitonin (CT) potentially exerts protective effects on IVD degeneration in ovariectomized rats. However,...

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Autores principales: Liu, Chang-Cheng, Tian, Fa-Ming, Zhou, Zhuang, Wang, Peng, Gou, Yu, Zhang, Heng, Wang, Wen-Ya, Shen, Yong, Zhang, Ying-Ze, Zhang, Liu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4640157/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26552386
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-015-0788-7