Diagnosis and prognosis in lumbar disc herniation

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 361, Issue , 1999, Pages 116-122

  Vucetic, N ^a   Astrand, P ^a   Gnntner, P ^a   Svensson, O ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORK RESUMPTION;

EID: 0032900502     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199904000-00016     Document Type: Article

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