Intervertebral foramen venous obstruction: A cause of periradicular fibrosis?

Spine

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1989, Pages 558-568

  Hoyland, Judith A ^a   Freemont, A J ^a   Jayson, M I V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intervertebral foramen; Ischemia; Lumbar spine; Pathology; Perineural and intraneural fibrosis; Venous obstruction

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; ISCHEMIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MIDDLE AGE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VEINS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0024382040     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-198906000-00002     Document Type: Article

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