Diagnosis of lumbar disc herniation by three-dimensional MRI

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 18-26

  Taira, Gaku ^a   Endo, Kenji ^a   Ito, Koichi ^a   Ichimaru, Katsuji ^a   Imakiire, Atsuhiro ^a   Miura, Yukio ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lumbar disc herniation; Radiculopathy; Three dimensional magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0031939538     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007760050017     Document Type: Article

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