Lumbar spinal stenosis: Anatomy and pathogenesis

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-15

  Botwin, Kenneth P ^a   Gruber, Robert D ^a  

^a Florida Spine Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

HYPERTROPHY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL STENOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037327759     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-9651(02)00063-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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