BACKGROUND: Our previous individual patient data (IPD) meta-analysis showed that
chemotherapy improved survival in patients curatively treated for non-metastatic head and neck …

Degeneration of the intervertebral disc has been implicated in chronic low back pain. Type II
collagen and proteoglycan (predominantly aggrecan) content is crucial to proper disc …

Advanced age is the greatest risk factor for the majority of human ailments, including spine‐related
chronic disability and back pain, which stem from age‐associated intervertebral disc …

… the children, a categorical variable was created categorizing urinary cotinine levels as detected
or not detected considering the limit of detection of 3.03 micrograms per liter 3.03 μ g / L . …

… population-based birth cohort studies in Europe: the Born in Bradford (BiB) study in the UK,5
the Étude des Déterminants pré et postnatals du développement et de la santé de l’Enfant (…

This contribution summarizes and brings up to date the recommendations made by the IUGS
Subcommission on the Systematics of Igneous Rocks for the classification of volcanic rocks …

In this study, we investigated the hypotheses that in human intervertebral disc (IVD)
degeneration there is local production of the cytokine IL-1, and that this locally produced cytokine …

The histological and biochemical changes that occur in the extracellular matrix of the
intervertebral disc (IVD) during ageing and degeneration have been investigated extensively. …

Low back pain is a common and debilitating disorder. Current evidence implicates intervertebral
disc (IVD) degeneration and herniation as major causes, although the pathogenesis is …

… At the final stage of our undertaking, Roger Le Maitre has taken over the heavy burden of
compiling the glossary, for which he will be thanked by the entire community of geologists. The …