Does the high-intensity zone (HIZ) of lumbar Intervertebral discs always represent an annular fissure?

‘Progressive-Onset’ versus Injury-Associated Discogenic Low Back Pain: Features of Disc Internal Derangement in Patients Studied with Provocation Lumbar Discography

(2017) W.S. Bartynski et al.   INTERVENTIONAL NEURORADIOLOGY

The lumbar high-intensity zone: 20 years on

(2014) I. Khan et al.   CLINICAL RADIOLOGY

Significance of cartilage endplate within herniated disc tissue

(2014) Polly Lama et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

Spontaneous Resorption of Lumbar Disc Herniation Is Less Likely When Modic Changes Are Present

(2014) Zhi Shan et al.   SPINE

ISSLS Prize Winner

(2013) S. Rajasekaran et al.   SPINE

Annulus fibrosus cells can induce mineralization: an in vitro study

(2013) Yaroslavna Nosikova et al.   Spine Journal

Clinical diagnosis for discogenic low back pain

(2012) Yin-gang Zhang et al.   International Journal of Biological Sciences

Annulus Fissures Are Mechanically and Chemically Conducive to the Ingrowth of Nerves and Blood Vessels

(2012) Manos Stefanakis et al.   SPINE

Lumbar Vertebral Endplate Lesions

(2012) Yue Wang et al.   SPINE

Micromechanics of annulus–end plate integration in the intervertebral disc

(2012) Samantha A. Rodrigues et al.   Spine Journal

The Expression of Tumor Necrosis Factor-α and CD68 in High-Intensity Zone of Lumbar Intervertebral Disc on Magnetic Resonance Image in the Patients With Low Back Pain

(2011) Ren Dongfeng et al.   SPINE

15. Discogenic Low Back Pain

(2010) Jan Willem Kallewaard et al.   Pain Practice

2009 ISSLS Prize Winner: Does Discography Cause Accelerated Progression of Degeneration Changes in the Lumbar Disc

(2009) Eugene J. Carragee et al.   SPINE