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A refined map of proteoglycan content is presented with 3 important findings. First, sagittal variations were distinct from coronal variations. Second, the proteoglycan content was not uniform across the nucleus regions. Third, some specimens had localized variations in proteoglycan and water contents suggestive of focal damage and degeneration.
Iatridis et al. (Fri,) studied this question.