The mixed results of two studies on intradiscal therapy with collagenase versus chymopapain are presented. The first study was performed from January 1983 to March 1984 and consisted of 71 ...

and , Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga. Contraindications. Contraindications to lumbar chymopapain chemonucleolysis include allergy to papain or papaya, cauda equina syndrome ...

Mast cells and basophils are important cells of the immune system (1–3) and play critical roles in several allergic (4–9) and autoimmune disorders (10–12), infections (13, 14), cardiovascular diseases ...