Roles of circular RNAs in the pathogenesis of intervertebral disc degeneration (Review)
- Authors:
- Zhidi Lin
- Feizhou Lu
- Xiaosheng Ma
- Xinlei Xia
- Fei Zou
- Jianyuan Jiang
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Affiliations: Department of Orthopedics, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, P.R. China, Department of Orthopedics, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, P.R. China - Published online on: August 26, 2021 https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2021.10655
- Article Number: 1221
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Copyright: © Lin et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
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