The relationship between facet joint osteoarthritis and disc degeneration of the lumbar spine: An MRI study

European Spine Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 396-401

  Fujiwara, Atsushi ^a   Tamai, Kazuya ^a   Yamato, Minoru ^a   An, Howard S ^b   Yoshida, Hiroyuki ^a   Saotome, Koichi ^a   Kurihashi, Akira ^c  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Kuramochi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disc degeneration; Facet joint; Lumbar spine; MRI; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR SPINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0032744655     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005860050193     Document Type: Article

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