MRI of cervical intervertebral discs in asymptomatic subjects

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-24

  Matsumoto, Morio ^a   Fujimura, Yoshikazu ^a,b   Suzuki, Nobumasa ^a,b   Nishi, Yukimi ^a   Nakamura, Masaya ^a   Yabe, Yutaka ^a,b   Shiga, Hayao ^a,b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Orthopaedic Surgery ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031984729     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.80B1.7929     Document Type: Article

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