Dorsal root ganglia morphologic features in patients with herniation of the nucleus pulposus: Assessment using magnetic resonance myelography and clinical correlation

Spine

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 2001, Pages 2125-2132

  Aota, Yohichi ^a,d   Onari, Katsuhiro ^b   An, Howard S ^a   Yoshikawa, Kohki ^c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Yokohama Minami Kyosai Hospital   (Japan)

^c THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d Apt 323 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal root ganglion; Herniated lumbar disc; Magnetic resonance myelography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LEG PAIN; LIMB DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MYELITIS; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL GANGLION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOGRAPHY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SCIATICA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 0035476137     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200110010-00016     Document Type: Article

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