Concomitant lower thoracic spine disc disease in lumbar spine MR imaging studies

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2794-2798

  Arana, Estanislao ^a   Martí Bonmatí, Luis ^a   Dosdá, Rosa ^a   Mollá, Enrique ^a  

^a Department of Radiology   (Spain)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Lumbar disc disease; MRI; Thoracic disc disease; Thoracolumbar junction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COCCYGEAL BONE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EPIPHYSIS DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; SPINE DISEASE; VERTEBRA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0036833741     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-002-1309-2     Document Type: Article

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