Infrared attenuated total reflection spectroscopic surface analysis of bovine-tail intervertebral discs afterUV-light-activated riboflavin-induced collagen cross-linking

Vasilikos, I; Haas, J; Teixeira, GQ; Nothelfer, J; Neidlinger-Wilke, C; Wilke, HJ; Seitz, A; Vavvas, DG; Zentner, J; Beck, J; Hubbe, U; Mizaikoff, B

Vasilikos, I (corresponding author), Univ Freiburg, Fac Med, Univ Med Ctr Freiburg, Dept Neurosurg, Breisacher St 64, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany.

JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS, 2020; 13 (10):

Abstract

The tensile strength of the intervertebral disc (IVD) is mainly maintained by collagen cross-links. Loss of collagen cross-linking combined with other......

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