Role of facet asymmetry in lumbar spine disorders;Role de l'asymetrie facettaire dans la pathologie de la colonne lombaire

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 90-93

  Dai, L ^a   Jia, L ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

facet; intervertebral disc; lumbar spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SPONDYLOLYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL DISEASES; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS;

EID: 0029783314     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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