Dural ectasia is associated with back pain in marfan syndrome

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1562-1568

  Ahn, Nicholas U ^a   Sponseller, Paul D ^a   Ahn, Uri M ^a   Nallamshetty, Leelakrishna ^a   Kuszyk, Brian S ^a   Zinreich, S James ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior sacral meningocele; Connective tissue disease; Dural ectasia; Lumbosacral spine; Marfan syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MENINGOCELE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MENINGOCELE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SACRUM;

EID: 0034659359     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200006150-00017     Document Type: Article

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