The natural history of asymptomatic thoracic disc herniations

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 525-530

  Wood, Kirkham B ^a,b   Blair, John M ^b   Aepple, Dorothee M ^b   Schendel, Michael J ^a   Garvey, Timothy A ^a   Gundry, Cooper R ^c   Heithoff, Kenneth B ^c  

^a Orthopedic Center Ltd   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Center For Diagnostic Imaging Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

magnetic resonance imaging; natural history; thoracic disc herniation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC SPINE;

ADULT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0030894185     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199703010-00011     Document Type: Article

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