Varicosities of the paravertebral plexus of veins associated with nocturnal spinal pain as imaged by magnetic resonance venography: A brief report

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 72-76

  LaBan, Myron M ^a   Wang, Ay Ming ^a   Shetty, Anil ^a   Sessa, Gino R ^a   Taylor, Ronald S ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestive Heart Failure; Lumbar Spinal Stenosis; Magnetic Resonance Venography; Paravertebral Plexus of Veins; Spinal Pain

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE VENOGRAPHY; VEINS PARAVERTEBRAL PLEXUS;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OSTEOLYSIS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RIB FRACTURE; THORAX PAIN; VARICOSIS;

COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOLYSIS; RIB FRACTURES; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 0032938238     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002060-199901000-00019     Document Type: Article

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