Magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbar spine in people without back pain

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 331, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 69-73

  Jensen, Maureen C ^a,b   Brant Zawadzki, Michael N ^a   Obuchowski, Nancy ^c   Modic, Michael T ^c   Malkasian, Dennis ^a   Ross, Jeffrey S ^c  

^a HOAG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PRESBYTERIAN   (United States)

^b Kaiser Riverside   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACK PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PREVALENCE; SACRUM; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028318435     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199407143310201     Document Type: Article

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