Regression of cervical disc herniation observed on magnetic resonance images

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 990-997

  Mochida, Kiyoshi ^a   Komori, Hiromichi ^a   Okawa, Atsushi ^a   Muneta, Takeshi ^a   Haro, Hirotaka ^a   Shinomiya, Kenichi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical amyotrophy; Cervical disc herniation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spontaneous regression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032076917     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199805010-00005     Document Type: Article

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