Heights of the lumbar intervertebral discs related to age in Turkish individuals

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-22

  Aydinlioǧlu, Atif ^b   Divarbakirli, Semih ^a   Keleş, Papatya ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Age; Intervertebral disc; x ray measurement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 0033127606     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.188.11     Document Type: Article

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