MRI of the lumbar intervertebral disc

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 703-723

  Morgan, Steven ^a   Saifuddin, Asif ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intervertebral disc; Lumbar spine; MRI

Indexed keywords

DISKITIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032744344     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9260(99)91173-X     Document Type: Review

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