Post-traumatic findings of the spine after earlier vertebral fracture in young patients: Clinical and MRI study

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1104-1108

  Kerttula, Liisa I ^a   Serlo, Willy S ^b   Tervonen, Osmo A ^b   Pääkkö, Eija L ^b   Vanharanta, Heikki V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Children; Disc degeneration; Intervertebral disc; Magnetic resonance imaging; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0034193514     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200005010-00011     Document Type: Article

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