The pathomorphologic changes that accompany the resolution of cervical radiculopathy: A prospective study with repeat magnetic resonance imaging

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 183-187

  Bush, Keith ^a,c   Chaudhuri, Ranjana ^b   Hillier, Sylvia ^a   Penny, Jane ^b  

^a Private Practice   (United Kingdom)

^b London Clinic Cancer Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c Private Physiotherapy Practice ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cervical radiculopathy; intervertebral disc herniations; magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MALE; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031049751     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199701150-00009     Document Type: Article

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