The clinical significance of the high-intensity zone on lumbar spine magnetic resonance imaging

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 1913-1920

  Rankine, James J ^b   Gill, K Peter ^a   Hutchinson, Charles E ^c   Ross, E Raymond S ^a   Williamson, J Bradley ^a  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Back pain; Lumbar spine; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISKOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACK PAIN; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LEG; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0033568733     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199909150-00009     Document Type: Article

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