Influence of age and gender on thoracic vertebral body shape and disc degeneration: An MR investigation of 169 cases

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 197, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 647-657

  Goh, S ^a   Tan, C ^a   Price, R I ^b   Edmondston, S J ^a   Song, S ^c   Davis, S ^b   Singer, K P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Intervertebral discs; Magnetic resonance imaging; Thoracic spine; Vertebral bodies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEIGHT; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LIFESPAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0034526837     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878299007049     Document Type: Article

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