Degenerative disk vascularization on MRI: Correlation with clinical and histopathologic findings

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-126

  Stäbler, Axel ^a   Weiss, Max ^a   Scheidler, Jürgen ^a   Krödel, Andreas ^a   Seiderer, Manfred ^a   Reiser, Maximilian ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fat suppression; Gd DTPA; Intervertebral disk, degeneration; Intervertebral disk, vascularity; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Postdiskectomy syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONDYLITIS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; VASCULARIZATION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030064992     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002560050047     Document Type: Article

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