Morphometric analysis of the lumbosacral nerve roots and dorsal root ganglia by magnetic resonance imaging

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1005-1009

  Hasegawa, Toru ^a   Mikawa, Yoshihiro ^a   Watanabe, Ryo ^a   An, Howard S ^b  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

anatomy; dorsal root ganglion; lumbosacral spine; magnetic resonance imaging; nerve root

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; NERVE ROOT; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL GANGLION;

ADULT; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0029968368     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199605010-00001     Document Type: Article

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