Back pain in pregnancy - Magnetic resonance imaging correlation

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1109-1112

  Chan, Y L ^a   Lam, W W M ^a   Lau, T K ^a   Metreweli, C ^a   Chan, D P N ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Back pain; Cervix; MRI; Pelvic pain; Pregnancy; Soft tissue laxity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIMETRY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOFT TISSUE; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0036901507     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/crad.2002.1077     Document Type: Article

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