Diagnosis and management of lumbar disk disease

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 283-287

  Gordon Deen, H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADICULAR PAIN; REVIEW; ARTICLE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; SPINE DISEASE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SPINAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030097048     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/71.3.283     Document Type: Article

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