Roentgenographic evaluation of ossification and calcification of the lumbar spinal canal after intradiscal betamethasone injection

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 434-438

  Ito, S ^a   Usui, H ^a   Maruyama, K ^a   Muro, T ^a  

^a NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcification; Corticosteroid; Discography; Intradiscal therapy; Ossification

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; CALCIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISKOGRAPHY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; INTRADISCAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BETAMETHASONE; CALCINOSIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CANAL;

EID: 0034794304     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002517-200110000-00010     Document Type: Article

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