The natural history of the cervical foramen in symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals aged 20-60 years as measured by magnetic resonance imaging. A descriptive approach

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 2180-2184

  Humphreys, S Craig ^a   Hodges, Scott D ^a   Patwardhan, Avinash ^b   Eck, Jason C ^a   Covington, Laurie A ^a   Sartori, Mark ^b  

^a Foundation for Research   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Foramen; Morphology; Oblique magnetic resonance image

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LORDOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL CORD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGING; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; LORDOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; RADICULOPATHY; REFERENCE VALUES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0032532720     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199810150-00007     Document Type: Article

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