Neurologic signs in lumbar disc herniation. Preoperative affliction and postoperative recovery in 150 cases

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 466-469

  Jönsson, Bo ^a   Strömqvist, Björn ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SELF EVALUATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 0029836968     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679608996669     Document Type: Article

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