Vaes, B.L.T., Lute, C., Blom, H.J., Bravenboer, N., Everts, V., ...
The risk of nutrient deficiencies increases with age in our modern Western society, and vitamin B12 deficiency is especially prevalent in the elderly and causes increased homocysteine (Hcy) and...
Adjacent segment degeneration: observations in a goat spinal fusion study (2008)
Hoogendoorn, R.J.W., Helder, M.N., Bank, R.A., Everts, V., Smit, T.H.
Study Design. The adjacent discs of 13 goats, originally used in a lumbar spinal fusion model study, were analyzed for symptoms of intervertebral disc degeneration by means of magnetic resonance...
Increased bone formation in mice lacking plasminogen activators (2003)
Everts, V, Tigchelaar-Gutterr, W, ...
Plasminogen activators tPA and uPA are involved in tissue remodeling, but their role in bone growth is undefined. Mice lacking tPA and uPA show increased bone formation and bone mass. The...
Tissue identification with micro-magnetic resonance imaging in a caprine spinal fusion model
Uffen, M. P., Krijnen, M. R., Hoogendoorn, R. J., Strijkers, G. J., Everts, V., Wuisman, P. I., ...
Nonunion is a major complication of spinal interbody fusion. Currently X-ray and computed tomography (CT) are used for evaluating the spinal fusion process. However, both imaging modalities have...