Annular protrusion: Pathophysiology and roentgenographic appearance

Spine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 671-675

  Kambin, Parviz ^a   Nixon, James E ^a   Chait, Arnold ^a   Schaffer, Jonathan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Annular bulge; Disc degeneration; Disc narrowing; Low back pain

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; BACK PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0023675905     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-198813060-00013     Document Type: Article

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