title: Introduction: disc degeneration: summary.
authors.affiliation: Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Howard S
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authors.forename: Paul A
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authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Victor M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Haughton
authors.forename: James C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Iatridis
authors.forename: James D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Jeffrey C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lotz
authors.forename: Raghu N
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authors.lastname: Natarajan
authors.forename: Theodore R
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authors.lastname: Oegema
authors.forename: Peter
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authors.lastname: Roughley
authors.forename: Lori A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Setton
authors.forename: Jill P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Urban
authors.forename: Tapio
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authors.lastname: Videman
authors.forename: Gunnar B J
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authors.lastname: Andersson
authors.forename: James N
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authors.lastname: Weinstein
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods