Thoracic discography in healthy individuals: A controlled prospective study of magnetic resonance imaging and discography in asymptomatic and symptomatic individuals

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 1548-1555

  Wood, Kirkham B ^a   Schellhas, Kurt P ^b   Garvey, Timothy A ^a   Aeppli, Dorothee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Center For Diagnostic Imaging Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Discography; Magnetic resonance; Thoracic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISKOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHEUERMANN DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0032777198     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199908010-00008     Document Type: Article

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