Oral Presentations: no. O-16INTRODUCTION: It has been suggested that altered metabolism may contribute to lumbar disc degeneration (DD). Quantitative high-throughput serum nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) metabolomics has recently been introduced as a cost-effective way to obtain comprehensive data on systemic metabolism. Here we report our preliminary work on the identification of serum metabolomic biomarkers in relation to lumbar DD, with a primary focus on small molecules and ...postprin
