Facet joint asymmetry as a radiologic feature of lumbar intervertebral disc herniation in children and adolescents

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 2001-2004

  Ishihara, Hirokazu ^a   Matsui, Hisao ^a   Osada, Ryusuke ^a   Ohshima, Hiroshi ^a   Tsuji, Haruo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Children; Facet joint; Intervertebral disc herniation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031418010     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199709010-00012     Document Type: Article

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