Controversies in regenerative medicine: Should intervertebral disc degeneration be treated with mesenchymal stem cells?

Low back pain (LBP) can significantly reduce the quality of life of patients, and has a considerable economic and social impact worldwide. It is commonly associated with disc degeneration, even though many people with degenerate discs are asymptomatic. Degenerate disc disease (DDD), is thus a common...

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Main Authors: Markus Loibl, Karin Wuertz‐Kozak, Gianluca Vadala, Siegmund Lang, Jeremy Fairbank, Jill P. Urban
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-03-01
Series:JOR Spine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/jsp2.1043