Low back pain

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 344, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 363-370

  Deyo, Richard A ^a   Weinstein, James N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANATOMY; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPTOM; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0035253293     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200102013440508     Document Type: Review

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