Herniated lumbar intervertebral disk

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 1990, Pages 598-603

  Deyo, Richard A ^a,b   Loeser, John D ^a   Bigos, Stanley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BACK PAIN; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; RECURRENCE; SCIATICA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRACTION;

EID: 0025276119     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-112-8-598     Document Type: Article

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