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. 2008 Oct 7;17(12):1705–1713. doi: 10.1007/s00586-008-0787-6

Fig. 7.

Fig. 7

Microscopic grading of disk degeneration c: ample chondrocyte proliferation; numerous deep fissures, clefts, splints; multiple, partly confluent areas of necrosis and 1ring of intact annular layers. Here (HE, 80×): multiple focal and diffus partly confluent necrosis