title: Response to "Revisiting the nomenclature and grading schemes for disc degeneration: issues to be solved".
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, 641-8509, Wakayama, Japan.
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Teraguchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Joint Disease Research, 22nd Century Medical & Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, 113-8655, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Noriko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, 641-8509, Wakayama, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hashizume
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, 641-8509, Wakayama, Japan.
authors.forename: Munehito
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshida
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D055959:Intervertebral Disc Degeneration / Q000150:complications*; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications*; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male